Edward Hoffman

William C. Compton

Positive Psychology: A Workbook for Personal Growth and Well-Being offers students a wealth of different activities to make concepts in positive psychology come alive. Based on scientific, psychological research that supports learning, activities include self-reflection and interviews with the reader’s family and friends. The workbook can be used with William C. Compton and Edward Hoffman’s Positive Psychology: The Science of Happiness and Flourishing, Third Edition or as a supplement to other core texts. INSTRUCTORS: Bundle Positive Psychology: A Workbook for Personal Growth and Well-Being with the core text by the same authors, Positive Psychology: The Science of Happiness and Flourishing, Third Edition, for only $5 more! Bundle ISBN: 978-1-5443-7019-4

Positive Psychology: A Workbook for Personal Growth and Well-Being

Topically organized, Positive Psychology: The Science of Happiness and Flourishing presents a highly engaging, up-to-date introduction to positive psychology. Authors William C. Compton and Edward Hoffman invite students to apply practices to their own lives, contexts, and experiences to ensure understanding. The text examines how positive psychology applies to stressors and health within such traditional research areas as developmental, clinical, personality, motivational, social, and behavioral psychology. Furthermore, the text offers perspectives on positive emotional states, research and theory on positive traits, coverage of positive institutions, and a look at the future of positive psychology. The Third Edition reflects significant growth in field with hundreds of new references and expanded content on topics including mindfulness, money and subjective well-being, and romantic love.

The Science of Happiness and Flourishing

Positive Psychology

PART I: POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY FOUNDATIONS: An introduction to positive psychology -- Emotions and motivations in positive psychology -- PART II: POSTIVE EMOTIONAL STATES: Subjective well-being -- Leisure, optimal experience, and peak performance -- Love.

William C. Compton

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