3. TRANSPERSONAL POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY for optimum performance
3. TRANSPERSONAL POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY for optimum performance
PERSONAL STRENGTHS:Positive Psychology
Optimum Psycho-Social LifeSkills
Character Education
By Darrell Franken, Ph.D.
MARCH 10, 2006 Harvard University
"MORE THAN 800 STUDENTS aT Harvard University
Take The PosiTive Psychology course every
Tuesday and Thursday aT 11:30 AM."
"Positive Psychology draws students in droves."
"Students crowd into Sanders Theater to learn about creating a fulfilling and flourishing life."
"Positive Psychology may be the one class at Harvard that every student needs to take."
"In the past several years, positive psychology classes have cropped
up on more than 100 campuses around the country, said Shane Lopez,
an associate professor at the University of Kansas."
"When nations are wealthy and not in civil turmoil and
not at war, then I think, like Florence of the 15th century,
they start asking what makes life worth living, and tha's
what positive psychology is about." (Martin Seligman.)
by Cathy Goldberg, Globe, Boston
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Table of Contents of PERSONAL STRENGTHS: Positive Psychology
This course was designed as a college or university level course
that brings psychology, philosophy, ethics, values and “Optimum
Psycho-Social Lifeskills”to maintain the highest level of functionality
and character to a person. It is quite academically written to teach
the primary skills that psychology demonstrates are helpful for
optimum living.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. INNATE DRIVE FOR FINDING FULFILLMENT
(A. Maslow, M. Csikszentmahalyi)
2. VALUES DETERMINING DESTINY
(Allport, Rokeach, MMPI, et al.)
3. CONSCIENCE AND DEFENSE MECHANISMS
(Locus of Control, Rotter, et al.)
4. OPTIMISM AND HOPE GENERATED BY COGNITIVE RESTRUCT.
(Beck, Seligman, Maultsby, et al.)
5. ACTIVELY BUILDING TRUST (Erik Erikson, et al.)
6. PASSIVE – AGGRESSIVE – PREFERABLY ASSERTIVE
(Alberti, Emmons, Fensterheim, et al.)
7. SELF-DISCLOSURE BUILDING FRIENDSHIP AND INTIMACY
(Sidney Jourard, et. al.)
8. ENHANCING AUTONOMY WITH RATIONALITY
(Deci, Erikson, Gewirth)
9. OPTIMUM RELATIONSHIPS FOR OPTIMUM FULFILLMENBT
(Erik Berne, et al.)
10. MAKING COMMUNICATION ONE OF YOUR TALENTS
(Freud, Rogers, Gordon)
11. RELEASING INTUITION AND CREATIVITY FOR FULFILLMENT
(Herbert Benson, The Breakout Principle, Myers)
12. FORGIVENESS REMOVING FULFILLMENT OBSTACLES
(Kohlberg, Andrews, Enright)
13. TRANSCENDENCE, SPIRITUALITY, WISDOM, MEANING
and FULFILLMENT
PERSONAL STRENGTHS: Positive Psychology
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Presentation by Darrell Franken, M.A., Ph.D. © 1991-2006
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1. PSYCHOLOGY’S NEWEST WAVE IS ROLLING IN.
You build your strengths with it.
You raise your values with it.
You develop drive with it.
You weather conflict with it.
You become more creative with it.
You find more fulfillment with it.
2. It’s POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
Positive for personal growth
Positive for getting out of life’s “pit”.
Positive for building self-esteem
Positive for accelerating character
Giving you an edge to get where you want to go.
3. THIS PSYCHOLOGY HAS GUIDANCE . . . . .
For pursuing maximum potential
For keeping hoping dynamics alive
For buffers against failure
For enhancing human relations
For students to bring character to their profession
4. IT’S A PSYCHOLOGY FOR YOUTH ON THE WAY UP.
! High school seniors
! College students
! Young adults
PERSONAL STRENGTHS: Positive Psychology
! A MUST FOR SUCCESS
! GOOD FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION
! for a school system where teachers have some passion to make
This world more moral, more ethical, more conscience driven.
The rules for work are changing.
"We’re being judged by a new yard stick: not just by
how smart we are, or by our training and expertise,
but also by how well we handle ourselves and each
other. . . . This yard stick is increasingly applied in
choosing who will be hired and who will not, who will
be let go and who retained, who passed over and who
promoted.” Daniel Goleman, Working with Emotional Intelligence,
1998
PERSONAL STRENGTHS: fosters emotional intelligence.
Young people are looking for guidelines to success,
Happiness, personal fulfillment.
PERSONAL STRENGTHS: Positive Psychology
brings together 50 years of research and publishing on key and core
factors that help youth reach their optimum potential.
PERSONAL STRENGTHS: Positive Psychology is much more
practical than Introductory Psychology. INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY
helps to learn about brain function, theories, and research, but not about
how to reach optimum potential or be an appreciated worker.
PERSONAL STRENGTHS: Positive Psychology teaches growth dynamics.
PERSONAL STRENGTHS: Positive Psychology
teaches you more of what you need to know,
to get where you want to go.
THE NEW FIELD OF POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY INFLUENCES
THIS TEXTBOOK TO BE MORE FUTURE - ORIENTED.
Between 1998-2000 Dr. MARTIN E.P. SELIGMAN (U of Pennsylvania)
and MIHALY CSIKSZENTSMIHALYI (University. of Chicago)
launched POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
PERSONAL STRENGTHS: Positive Psychology adopts many of
the features of the Seligman model.
POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY model helps good people refine core
skills to reach optimum and maximum personal potential.
Read about POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY that Martin E.P. Seligman
and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi called for in American Psychologist
(Journal of the APA January, 2000)
"The aim of positive psychology is to begin to catalyze a change
in the focus of psychology from preoccupation only with repairing
the worst things in life to also building positive qualities. . . ."
"The field of positive psychology at the subjective level is about
valued subjective experiences: well-being, contentment, and
satisfaction (in the past): hope and optimism (for the future); and
flow and happiness (in the present). At the individual level, it is
about positive individual traits: the capacity for love and vocation,
courage, interpersonal skill, aesthetic sensibility, perseverance,
forgiveness, originality, future mindedness, spirituality, high talent,
and wisdom. At the group level, it is about the civic virtues and
institutions that move individuals toward better citizenship:
responsibility, nurturance, altruism, civility, moderation, tolerance,
and work ethic."
Martin E.P. Seligman, University of Pennsylvania,
written during his term as President of the
American Psychological Association.
PERSONAL STRENGTHS: Positive Psychology incorporates these,
! increasing love/social
! hoping / optimism
! better relationships
! talent
! wisdom
! altruism
! tolerance
! spirituality
! values
! cognitive restructuring
! meditation
! relaxation
! flow
! intuition
! creativity
! fulfillment
! success
ALL OF THE ABOVE ARE TAUGHT IN PERSONAL STRENGTHS
MORE THAN IN ANY OTHER POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY BOOK.
CHAPTERS FEATURE PROMINENT LIFESKILLS
FOR PERSONAL GROWTH
This textbook incorporates skills for higher levels of influence.
They have been identified by some of the most prominent psychologists
in the last 5 to 10 decades. Here are some of those skills and the
most prominent spokes persons for them.
CHAPTERS TEACH THESE BASIC SKILLS FOR OPTIMUM LIVING.
Positive Stroking, libidinal nourishment (Ch. 1, 10) Eric Berne, Steiner
Values clarification (Ch.2) Gordon Allport, Milton Rokeach
Self-actualization (Ch. 2) Abraham Maslow
Support groups (Ch. 2, 3, 10)Alcoholics Anonymous
Catharsis (Ch. 2, 4)Freud and Breuer
Rational replacement (refuting) of irrational ideas (Ch. 2, 5, 8)Albert Ellis
Focusing (Ch. 2) Eugene T. Gendlin
Owning + sharing feelings (conscience) (Ch. 2, 11) Marriage Encounter
Mentoring for accountability (Ch. 3) Alcoholics Anonymous
Aggression Replacement Training (Ch.4) Barry Glick & Arnold Goldstein
Assertiveness Training (Ch. 4)Wolpe, '58, Robert Alberti & Michael Emmons
Personal Growth Log (Ch. 4) Alberti and Emmons
Programming "Stages" of growth (Ch. 5) Erik Erikson
Fear reduction in Stress Management (Ch. 5, 8) Hans Selye
Relaxation (Ch. 5) Herbert Benson, Edmond Jacobson, Johannes Schultz
Systematic and In Vivo Desensitization (Ch. 5, 12) Joseph Wolpe, Alan Kazdin
Self-disclosure (Ch. 5, 7, 11) Sidney Jourard
Assertiveness Training (Ch. 6) Alberti, Emmons, Fensterheim
Touch (tactile contact) and bonding (Ch. 7) Ashley Montegue
Shyness reduction (multiple skills) (Ch. 7) Philip Zimbardo
Cognitive restructuring for "hoping" (Ch. 8) Martin E. P. Seligman, W. Lynch
Self-talk (Ch. 8 for cognitive restructuring) Emile Coue', Ellis, Beck, Seligman
Visualization, Imagery (hoping) (Ch. 8, 13) Emile Coue', Seligman, Fanning
Written Rational Self Analysis (Ch. 8, 13) Maxie Maultsby
Intensive Journal (or writing a note) (Ch. 9) Ira Progoff
Networking (for social support) (Ch. 10) Lambert Maguire
Volunteering (retraining of narcissism) (Ch. 10) Ancient Wisdom
Empathy Training (Ch. 11)Seymour and Norma Feshbach
Active Listening (Ch. 11) Thomas Gordon
Acceptance, "unconditional positive regard" (Ch. 11)Carl Rogers
Social Skills Training (Ch. 12) Craighead, Kazdin and Mahoney
Interpersonal Problem Solving (Ch. 12) Alan Kazdin, Guerra, Slaby
Negotiation (Ch. 12) After Wagner Act in 1935
Affirmation (Ch. 13) Emile Coue'
THOSE IDENTIFIED SKILLS CONTRIBUTE TO THE KIND OF
CHARACTER LEVELS THAT ARE IN MANAGEMENT IN INDUSTRY
AND BUSINESS.
EXAMPLE No. 1
“UNCONDITIONAL POSITIVE REGARD” by Carl Rogers is a skill which belongs in
Positive Psychology. It is in PERSONAL STRENGTHS: Positive Psychology.
EXAMPLE No. 2
“ASSERTIVENESS TRAINING” — identified first by Alberti and
Emmons — belongs in Positive Psychology. It is in PERSONAL
STRENGTHS: Positive Psychology.
EXAMPLE No. 3
“ACTIVE LISTENING” — first identified by Thomas Gordon —
belongs in Positive Psychology. It is in PERSONAL STRENGTHS:
Positive Psychology.
EXAMPLE No. 4
“RELAXATION” — by notables like Jacobson, Schultz and Benson —
belongs in PERSONAL STRENGTHS: Positive Psychology.
It is in PERSONAL STRENGTHS: Positive Psychology.
THOSE 50 THERAPEUTIC SKILLS are introduced and described in
PERSONAL STRENGTHS; Positive Psychology.
WINNING PSYCHOLOGY
HIGHLY RESPECTED PSYCHOLOGISTS HAVE MADE THE FOLLOWING
CONTRIBUTIONS TO POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY.
PERSONAL STRENGTHS for optimum performance, teaches these
LEARNED OPTIMISM (1990) by Martin E.P. Seligman
AUTHENTIC HAPPINESS (2003) by Martin E.P. Seligman
COGNITIVE THERAPY (1976) by Aaron Beck
CREATIVITY (1996) by Mihalyi Csikszentsmihalyi
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE (1985) by Daniel Goleman
SCIENCE OF OPTIMISM AND HOPE (2000) by Martin E.P. Seligman
FUTURE REACHES OF HUMAN NATURE (1971, 1993) Abraham Maslow
INNER KNOWING (1998) by Helen Palmer
INTUITION: Power and Perils (2000) by David Myers
MENTORING (1996) by Robb Biehl
DIMENSIONS OF FORGIVENESS (1998) Everett L. Worthington
WORKING WITH EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE (19980 Daniel Goleman
THE BREAK-OUT PRINCIPLE (2003) by Herbert Benson
SO, WHAT MAKES THIS COURSE CAPABLE OF UPGRADING
VALUES, SKILLS AND BEHAVIORS, TO REDUCE PROBLEMS,
AND GET A PERSON OFF THE GROUND – TO FLY !
NEW METHODS ARE ADDED IN TEACHING
THE GOAL IS UPGRADING BEHAVIOR, ----
NOT ONLY UPGRADING THE MEMORY BANK.
THE TEACHER INTRODUCES FOUR NEW TEACHING MODALITIES,
coupled with a traditional one, testing.
1. MUTUAL-MENTORING (Seligman launched this for Positive Psychology)
2. ACCOUNTABILITY (This is a factor going beyond Seligman.)
3. CONSCIENCE-LISTENING (This is a factor Seligman will emulate.)
4. ATTENTION TO THE AAHHhhaa! factor (Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi supports this.)
TEACHER’S MANUAL —
The Teacher’s Manual has 520 pages,
averaging 40 pages per chapter. THE TEACHER’S MANUAL
has supplemental information to use for the class lecture hour.
This information is documented and reliable.
Some is anecdotal and/or humorous.
A. Several pages of information for use in lecturing.
B. Handouts for discussion
C. A final test of each chapter
HERE IS A SAMPLE OF CHARTS FOR TEACHER USE
TO UPGRADE CHARACTER.
THIS CHART SHOWS THAT PROGRESSIVELY HIGHER
FRIENDLY-SOCIAL VALUES-BEHAVIOR IS ASSOCIATED
WITH HIGHER AND HIGHER LEVELS OF
INFLUENCE.
THE TEACHER HAS 40-50 CHARTS LIKE THIS, TO USE.
CHARTS SHOW WHAT NEEDS UPGRADING.
Need to learn more self-control or suffer financial stress.
STUDENTS HAVE CD FOR SPEED LEARNING
AND FOR PERSONAL SELF-EVALUATION
THERE ARE TWO OUTCOMES-BASED GOALS
No. 1 is Measurable and reported growth in character traits
No. 2 Academic learning of factual material,
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One MSW graduate once said of PERSONAL STRENGTHS: Positive Psychology. . . . . . .
“I could have killed to have that book when I was in school.”
REVIEWERS OF THIS BOOK
Alan Kazdin, Yale University.
Albert Bandura, Stanford University
Peter Lee, University of Hong Kong
Mike Omizo, University of Hawai
Thomas Parish, Kansas State University
G.M. Vander Molen, University of Maastricht,
Netherlands
From a review by ROBERT ALBERTI
Co-Author of Your Perfect Right
a 1 million best seller in 1971 ff On Assertiveness Training
I “appreciate [the] positive perspective on our work.”
From a review by ALBERT ELLIS, On Rational Emotive Therapy
“I thought the material was in good order. . . citations are accurate.”
From a review by ELMER AND ALYCE GREEN
Emeritus: Menninger Foundation
“Plaudits to you for focusing attention on ‘what to do’ instead
of theories on “how did it get that way.”
From a review by MARIA STEKETEE (Duke University)
“I am impressed with how much information is included and
how well you have organized this work.”
From a review by MAXIE MAULTSBY, Jr. MD Howard University, DC
“I approve of your representation of my writing.”
From a review by ROBERT A. CUMMINS, Deakin University, Australia
“You have brought together much material in a simple and
understandable manner. The text is well presented and excellently
composed. Your examples work well and I can imagine people reading
this and getting much information they can use to personally enhance
their lives.”
MAKING YOURSELF (and students)
MORE MARKETABLE
PERSONAL STRENGTHS: Positive Psychology helps make more
students marketable to business, industry and human services.
Not everyone who has money or loans to finish schooling, has a
reputable and / or marketable attitude and relationship skills.
PERSONAL STRENGTHS: Positive Psychology is about “PEOPLE SKILLS”
INDUSTRY AND BUSINESS want persons with “PEOPLE SKILLS”
because those persons generate higher profits and lower costs.
Author
Darrell Franken, M.A., M.Div., Ph.D., is a psychologist. Graduate of Central Unviersity of Iowa. He has graduate degrees from the University of Chicago and LaSalle University, as well as post graduate work at the University of Michigan and at the M.D. Anderson Hospital and Medical Research Center in Houston, Texas. He spent most of his life in counseling. There he learned that many of the values and skills identified by the social sciences are also significant for nearly everyone, not just for persons who need counseling.
He launched a writing career in the social sciences to advance the cause of character in the world. Psychologists operate from the medical model which generates counselors. Educators help people rise to the challenge of optimum living. Dr. Franken believes there is a larger audience who can benefit from the social sciences, than those needing the help of social workers and psychologists.
His writing and publishing has focused on skill-training for high school, college students and their professors. He has spent most of his life showing people how to mend and prevent personal problems. He puts that into his writings.
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