Description - Positive Psychology: Theory, Research and Applications by Ilona Boniwell
Discover the latest research findings and thinking on the topics of happiness, flow, optimism, motivation, character strengths, love and more! Find out how happiness levels can be increased, what stops us from flourishing and how positive psychology can be applied to many professional disciplines. Positive Psychology combines a breadth of information about positive psychology with reflective questions, critical commentary and up to date research. It is written in a witty, engaging and contemporary manner and includes:
- Personal development exercises to help you meld together research and application
- Mock essay questions to get essay writing going
- Think about it boxes to get you thinking about the concepts and theories discussed
- Experiments boxes giving you most influential positive psychology experiments to date
- Suggested resources guiding you where to go next
- Measurement tools presenting popular positive psychology tools
- Time out boxes on key issues, concepts and thinkers
- Chapter summaries to help you check their understanding
- Review questions to enhance your learning
The new edition incorporates the most recent research findings and adds additional features including end of chapter quizzes, further reflection topics and examples for books and movies. The authors give a deeper consideration of the biological basis of well-being, explore practice and application with an emphasis on positive psychology interventions and how to evaluate them.
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