Positive Psychology: The Scientific and Practical Explorations of Human Strengths - Hardcover

Lopez; Snyder

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 076192633X ISBN 13: 9780761926337

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2006

Synopsis

Written by two leaders of the positive psychology initiative, this groundbreaking new text brings positive social science to life through a comprehensive review of the literature and well-crafted exercises that encourage readers to put positive psychology principles to the test.

Positive Psychology covers western and eastern approaches to understanding human strengths, along with the cultural and developmental influences on positive functioning. Key approaches for measuring and enhancing strengths and capitalizing on positive experiences are described.

Key Features:

- Provides an in-depth discussion of science and applications associated with human strengths and positive emotions

- Offers contents developed in coordination with syllabus recommendations being formulated by the Positive Psychology Network national task force

- Includes pedagogical features such as chapter-opening quotes and introductions, over 50 case histories and special comments by leaders in the field, and Personal Mini-Experiments and Life Enhancement Strategies

- An Instructors' Resources on CD-ROM is available to qualified adopters containing a test bank with 40-50 questions per chapter; two-page study guide chapter outline; two critical thinking questions; and suggestions on how to best use the mini-experiments from the book in the classroom with students.

About this title

Product Description

Brings positive social science to life through a comprehensive review of the literature and well-crafted exercises that encourage readers to put positive psychology principles to the test.

Review

"There is no single-authored text specifically devoted to positive psychology.  Hence, a book like this is definitely needed.  Positive psychology has become a ‘hot’ topic...Increasingly, more courses are being offered in positive psychology, and the Templeton Foundation even gives an award for the best courses in this area.  In addition, the text can be used in other, more established classes, such as clinical, health, or humanistic psychology.”

(Dean K. Simonton 2006-02-22)

“I know that Snyder has been involved in these issues from early on...The likelihood of this ... catching fire is quite good." (Mihaly Czikszentmihalyi 2006-02-22)

"The field is ripe for it and the market for it will indeed grow.  Moreover, as leaders in the movement, and as editors of the massive new Handbook of Positive Psychology, they are as well prepared as anyone I can imagine to pull this off.  Add to that Rick Snyder’s record of productivity and his accomplishments as a teacher, and I think you could depend on a timely and first-rate piece of work from them."

(David G. Myers 2006-02-22)

“...If I would teach a positive psychology course, this would be my required text.  I know of no other book like it.   It is needed.”

(Shelly Gable 2006-02-22)

"This undergraduate text introduces a new field of psychology that emphasizes qualities that make life worthwhile rather than pathologies." (SciTech Book News 2006-12-05)

"This is a very "readable" book . . . It was well worth the time spent reading it and I have already incorporated several of the concepts into my work." (Deborah Renner Hull 2006-12-21)

"A strength of the present book is that, in comparison to the other available positive psychology texts, this one is the strongest by far in its coverage of cross-cultural issues. The book also is attractive in that it is replete with photographs, charts, tables, and graphs that have both substance and style. The publication of this superb text is an opportunity to reflect on the excellent progress made thus far towards the realization of the agenda envisioned by the positive psychology movement's founders." (Grant J. Rich Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books 2007-03-30)

"Your text goes into much more depth in chapter, in fact in most areas of the book. It backs up what it says with current research, and explains that research so well that I will be able to use it in a community college. It is well written. Even though there are two authors, one can't tell who wrote which chapters; that is unusual. Finally, it is the best that is out there for a Positive Psychology text; it sets the standard that others should meet." (Mike Trent 2009-10-07)

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 076192633X
• ISBN 13: 9780761926337
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 624