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Martin Seligman || From Learned Helplessness to Learned Hopefulness

The Psychology Podcast

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Positive Psychology - What Are Some Criticisms of Positive Psychology?

i think that i'd be helpful in this kind ofes conversation talk a little about, what are some critiques of positive psychology that you've addressed? You know, you've talked about strong criticisms and weak criticisms. What's a strong criticism of the field that people have levelled against a positive psychology? Well, i think the best criticism is that it a, it it positive psychology says that it's in the head. A good world is not in people's head. And if we want to allocate moneya to make people happier, it's not doing positive psychology things,. It's rather more income and the like.

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