The Answer to Whether Positive Psychology Is More of a Fad

question 46

Multiple Choice

The answer to whether positive psychology is more of a fad than a genuinely new area of empirical inquiry

• A)lies in textbooks explaining the subfield correctly.
• B)will never be known.
• C)will be solved soon because of extensive research.
• D)time to see if it has staying power and ongoing influence in the wider discipline of psychology.

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