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Designing Positive Psychology: Taking Stock and Moving Forward (Series in Positive Psychology) 1st Edition

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  • Series: Series in Positive Psychology
  • Hardcover: 504 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press; 1 edition (January 31, 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0195373588
  • ISBN-13: 978-0195373585
  • Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 1.3 x 7.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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The testimonial from renowned positive psychologist Ed Diener on the back of the book captures it best: "Anyone who wants to be a master of the science of positive psychology must read this authoritative, up-to-date, and thorough volume." This compilation of thinking about the field of positive psychology from leading researchers is by no means an introductory text to the science. Within the densely packed pages are overviews of the latest research, the most promising theories, and the biggest challenges for the science moving forward.

There are three reasons this book is so essential to a thorough academic study of positive psychology:
1. It is up to date--including but stretching far beyond the staples of positive psychology (such as strengths, optimism, hope, gratitude, and meaning.)
2. It is comprehensive--the book includes perspectives across a wide variety of domains in which positive psychology is studied and applied. Chapters cover the latest thinking from issues around biological, emotional, social-cognitive, personality, relationship, clinical, organizational and societal perspectives, each from the leading researchers in their respective areas.
3. It is balanced. There is no cheerleading here about how great positive psychology is. Each chapter literally "takes stock" of a certain sub-topic of research and assesses its strengths and weaknesses, its promises and its challenges, and then proposes how the science can move forward from here.

True to its title, this book is as much about where positive psychology needs to go as it is about where it stands today. This can be superfluous if you are focused (as I am) on application, and are more interested in understanding what works than on poking holes in the science as it stands.
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I was surprised to find how the authors have collected the most central scholars in any field in psychology that can be related to positive psychology,

Diverse scholars gave their views as objectively and critically as possible.

Unlike any other positive psychology volume, here it was the scholars that are not enrolled to positive psychology that were purposefully invited to give as objective and scholarly a view as possible.

Roy Baumeister, jaak Panskepp, McCare (of genetic effects on personality) etc.
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Students, new to positive psychology, or pragmatists interested in learning more about the field, this is THE book. The authors have done an excellent job of covering a broad based topic in a neatly packaged soup to nuts approach. I'm currently using this book as THE textbook in an undergrad. class at a state university. These authors KNOW the business of what makes an important book.
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I get to know about this book through a workshop so I decided to get it. I am now in love with it. It is a simple start to be yourself.
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