Interdisciplinary Psychology:

Introduction to Positive Psychology

An innovative change is overdue for modern psychology and its tunnel vision which focuses almost singularly on diseases and mental illness. Seeking the good life is a universal goal for humanity, however, due to the difficulty of understanding happiness and its causes, psychology has focused its work on more easily defined challenges. There could be significant benefit if the intense focus on illness, disease, and negative emotion could shift more towards helping people achieve happiness through Positive Psychology techniques. Fredrickson’s Broaden-and-Build model succinctly sums up the benefit: “positive emotions broaden our awareness and then build upon the resultant learning to create future emotional and intellectual resources.”