The Founding of Positive Psychology Has Been Attributed to

question 13

Multiple Choice

The founding of positive psychology has been attributed to

• A) a 5-year-old who pointed out that if she could stop whining, her father could stop being a grouch.
• B) a past president of the American Psychological Association.
• C) an epiphany about how we raise children by nurturing their strengths.
• D) all of the above.

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Definitions:

Just-world Hypothesis

The cognitive bias that assumes that actions always yield morally fair and fitting consequences, essentially that the world is just.

Groupthink

A psychological phenomenon that occurs within a group of people when the desire for harmony or conformity in the group results in an irrational or dysfunctional decision-making outcome.

Symptoms

Signs or indications of a disease, disorder, or condition, often experienced by the individual affected.

Solomon Asch

A psychologist known for his research on conformity, including his famous experiment demonstrating how group pressure can influence an individual to conform.