http://psych.drew3000.net/positive-psychology/ Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:10:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://psych.drew3000.net/positive-psychology/comment-page-1/#comment-408 100 Best Blogs for Psychology Students - News42day.com Sun, 23 Jan 2011 01:15:38 +0000 http://psych.drew3000.net/?p=237#comment-408 [...] 65.The Psych Student : A current psychology student relays thoughts, ideas, and discoveries gleaned through his courses, blending his passion for these studies with a proficiency in multimedia. [...] [...] 65.The Psych Student : A current psychology student relays thoughts, ideas, and discoveries gleaned through his courses, blending his passion for these studies with a proficiency in multimedia. [...]

]]> http://psych.drew3000.net/positive-psychology/comment-page-1/#comment-132 100 Best Blogs for Psychology Students Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:49:12 +0000 http://psych.drew3000.net/?p=237#comment-132 [...] 65.The Psych Student : A current psychology student relays thoughts, ideas, and discoveries gleaned through his courses, blending his passion for these studies with a proficiency in multimedia. [...] [...] 65.The Psych Student : A current psychology student relays thoughts, ideas, and discoveries gleaned through his courses, blending his passion for these studies with a proficiency in multimedia. [...]

]]> http://psych.drew3000.net/positive-psychology/comment-page-1/#comment-109 The Psych Student » Blog Archive » The upside of depression Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:44:52 +0000 http://psych.drew3000.net/?p=237#comment-109 [...] blog has touched on this notion before in a look at the work in positive psychology of Martin Seligman. There is a lot of good in practice of positive psychology methods, and its [...] [...] blog has touched on this notion before in a look at the work in positive psychology of Martin Seligman. There is a lot of good in practice of positive psychology methods, and its [...]

]]> http://psych.drew3000.net/positive-psychology/comment-page-1/#comment-91 Sleeper Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:19:44 +0000 http://psych.drew3000.net/?p=237#comment-91 @Rita Wing - Grow up. @Rita Wing – Grow up.

]]> http://psych.drew3000.net/positive-psychology/comment-page-1/#comment-90 Rita Wing Sat, 03 Oct 2009 12:55:13 +0000 http://psych.drew3000.net/?p=237#comment-90 "A second group (of dogs) receives an inescapable shock"........."Well over a hundred studies using this design have now been conducted" - p26, (Learned Helplessness - A theory for the Age of Personal Control - Peterson, Maier & SELIGMAN, OUP 1993) "Depressed people often think intensely about their problems. These thoughts are called ruminations; they are persistent and depressed people have difficulty thinking about anything else." (v.sup). The most profoundly depressing thing I can think of is the unthinking cruelty and insouciance in the face of helpless suffering evinced by people like Seligman - yes, it is difficult to carry on in a world where people can behave as Seligman and his ilk. Now he is helping people feel better about themselves....shouldn't they be facing up to their ethical responsibilities instead? “A second group (of dogs) receives an inescapable shock”………”Well over a hundred studies using this design have now been conducted” – p26, (Learned Helplessness – A theory for the Age of Personal Control – Peterson, Maier & SELIGMAN, OUP 1993)
“Depressed people often think intensely about their problems. These thoughts are called ruminations; they are persistent and depressed people have difficulty thinking about anything else.” (v.sup). The most profoundly depressing thing I can think of is the unthinking cruelty and insouciance in the face of helpless suffering evinced by people like Seligman – yes, it is difficult to carry on in a world where people can behave as Seligman and his ilk. Now he is helping people feel better about themselves….shouldn’t they be facing up to their ethical responsibilities instead?

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