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📋 Summary

Future of Positive Psychology 🔮🌊

PSY409 - Positive Psychology

1. Second Wave Positive Psychology 🌊2️⃣

  • Key Figures: Paul Wong, Tim Lomas 👨‍🔬
  • PP 2.0: Embrace BOTH light and dark ☯️
  • Dialectical Approach: Integration, not rejection

2. Critiques of First Wave ⚠️

  • 🌍 Western cultural bias
  • 🏗️ Ignoring structural factors
  • 😊 Oversimplifying happiness
  • 👤 Potential "victim blaming"
  • 💰 Commercialization concerns

3. Key Concepts 💡

  • Toxic Positivity: Excessive positivity dismissing real problems 😊❌😢
  • Negative emotions have VALUE!

4. Future Directions 🔮

  • 🌏 More cross-cultural research
  • 🧠 Integration with neuroscience
  • 🏗️ Systems-level applications
  • 💻 Technology integration