Positive psychology
A part of the series Reflections , and the subject area Psychology
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We have evolved to enjoy sleep, sex and sweets ─ and so we do. But negativity permeates our lives too: we are drawn to murder and violence on the news; we remember the schoolyard bully as if it was yesterday, and we are taught to accept boring education. It is in our genes, but it is also deeply ingrained in our culture. We must pull ourselves together! This is the message from Hans Henrik Knoop, Associate Professor at Aarhus Univesity, President of the European Network for Positive Psychology. If we create the right conditions for growth and self-regulation, we can raise ourselves above primitive desires to achieve far greater well-being.
Table of contents
Positive Psychology
The Happiest Nation in the World
A Poisonous Psychological Cocktail
Wellbeing as Harmonious Growth and Self-Regulation
Wellbeing as Dynamic Order
For a Freely Accessible Psychology
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Karina Bell Ottosen
MSc in Information Science. Karina is responsible for the social sciences area, particularly the development of the series The Nordic World and Magtudredningen 2.0. She is our Foreign Rights manager and in charge of Aarhus Universitetforlag's international profile, including co-publishing with American and British university presses. Karina has a background as an editor at Gyldendal Academic and Forlaget Ajour.
