Motivation and emotion/Lectures/Growth psychology
Lecture 11: Growth motivation and positive psychology
This is the eleventh lecture for the motivation and emotion unit of study.
This lecture is complete for 2023. |
Overview edit
This lecture:
- considers the psychological motivation for personal growth and self-actualisation
Take-home message:
- Encouraging growth is more productive than trying to cure weakness
Outline edit
- Evolution of paradigms in psychology
- Humanistic psychology
- Self-actualisation
- Actualising tendency
- Humanistic motivation
- Positive psychology
- Happiness
- Meaning
- Criticisms
Evolution of paradigms in psychology edit
- 1st force: Psychoanalytic
- 2nd force: Behaviourism
- 3rd force: Humanistic
- Contemporary forces:
- Cognitive
- Social
- Neuroscience
- 4th force: Transpersonal
- Emerging forces:
- Ecopsychology
- Indigenous
Multimedia edit
- Maslow on peak experiences (YouTube) (4:02 mins): An interview with Maslow about his research on peak experiences
- The new era of positive psychology (Martin Seligman, TED/YouTube) (19:49 mins): Explains the origins, purpose, and promise of positive psychology
- Viktor Frankl: Search for meaning (YouTube) (4:22 mins): On the importance of meaning in people's lives
Readings edit
- Chapter 15: Growth motivation and positive psychology (Reeve, 2018)
Slides edit
- Growth psychology (Google Slides)
See also edit
- Lectures
- Unconscious motivation (Previous lecture)
- Interventions and review (Next lecture)
- Tutorial
- Positive psychology (Tutorial)
- Wikipedia
- Abraham Maslow
- Barbara Fredrickson
- Carl Rogers
- Happiness
- Man's Search for Meaning
- Self-actualisation
- Transpersonal psychology
- World Happiness Report
- Wikiversity
- Broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions (Book chapter, 2016)
- Eudaimonic well-being (Book chapter, 2011)
- Growth through adversity (Book chapter, 2011)
- Maslow's hierarchy of needs (Book chapter, 2011)
- Mystical experiences and emotion (Book chapter, 2018)
- National and cultural happiness (Book chapter, 2015)
- Peak experiences and emotion (Book chapter, 2019)
- PERMA model of well-being (Book chapter, 2020)
- Positive psychology (Book chapter category)
- Spiritual motivation (Book chapter, 2010)
- Spiritual and religious motivation (Book chapter, 2011)
- The broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions (Book chapter, 2016)
- Trauma recovery and growth (Book chapter, 2011)
Recording edit
- Lecture 11 (2023)
References edit
Helliwell, J. F., Layard, R., Sachs, J. D., Aknin, L. B., De Neve, J.-E., & Wang, S. (Eds.). (2023). World happiness report 2023 (11th ed.). https://worldhappiness.report/ed/2023/world-happiness-trust-and-social-connections-in-times-of-crisis/
Maslow, A. H. (1954). Motivation and personality. Harper & Brothers.
Maslow, A. H. (1971/1976). Farther reaches of human nature. Penguin.
Rogers, C. (1951). Client-centered therapy: Its current practice, implications and theory. Constable.
Seligman, M. E. P., & Csikszentmihalyi, M. (2000). Positive psychology: An introduction. American Psychologist, 55, 5–14. https://doi.org/10.1037//0003-066X.55.1.5
Seligman, M. E. P., Rashid, T., & Parks, A. C. (2006). Positive psychotherapy. American Psychologist, 61(8), 774–788. https://doi.org/10.1037/0003-066X.61.8.774
Sutich, A. J. (1968). Transpersonal psychology: An emerging force. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 8(1), 77–79. https://doi.org/10.1177/002216786800800108
External links edit
- Authentic happiness (University of Pennsylvania)
- Happiness and why we want it (Nancy Etcoff, TED, 20:00 mins)
- PERMA™ theory of well-being and PERMA™ workshops (upenn.edu)
- Shiny happy people (Brad Lemley, Discover Magazine, 2006)
- The happiness lab with Dr. Laurie Santos (podcast; pushkin.fm)
- What does it mean to be self-actualized in the 21st century? (Scott Barry Kaufmann, Scientific American, 2018)
- World happiness report (worldhappiness.report)