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Chapter 1Chapter 1
PerceptionPerception
Welcome to Positive Welcome to Positive PsychologyPsychology
Positive Psychology and Positive Psychology and EffectivenessEffectiveness
Guiding Question:Guiding Question: What makes individuals emotionally healthy, happy, and What makes individuals emotionally healthy, happy, and
effective?effective?
Which of these is the most Which of these is the most important to youimportant to you
MoneyMoney Good JobGood Job Nice HouseNice House New CarNew Car Thinking skillsThinking skills
What do you seeWhat do you see
What do you seeWhat do you see
What do you see?What do you see? Ambiguous figureAmbiguous figure
Ambiguous FiguresAmbiguous Figures
Woman in Vanity… or Skull? Man Playing Horn… or Woman Silhouette?
What do you see?What do you see? RelativismRelativism
Ambiguous FiguresAmbiguous Figures
A Face of a Native American… or an Eskimo?
Old Woman… or Young Girl?
Ambiguous FiguresAmbiguous Figures
A Face of a Native American… or an Eskimo?
Old Woman… or Young Girl?
Mounting candle problemMounting candle problem
Using only the objects Using only the objects present on the right, present on the right, attach the candle to the attach the candle to the bulletin board in such a bulletin board in such a way that the candle can way that the candle can be lit and will burn be lit and will burn properlyproperly
Answer to candle problemAnswer to candle problem
Most people do not Most people do not think of using the box think of using the box for anything other than for anything other than its normal use (to hold its normal use (to hold the tacks)the tacks)
To solve the problem, To solve the problem, you have to overcome you have to overcome functional fixednessfunctional fixedness
Nine dots problemNine dots problem
Without lifting your Without lifting your pencil or re-tracing pencil or re-tracing any line, draw four any line, draw four straight lines that straight lines that connect all nine dotsconnect all nine dots
Nine dots mental setNine dots mental set
Most people will not Most people will not draw lines that extend draw lines that extend from the square formed from the square formed by the nine dotsby the nine dots
To solve the problem, To solve the problem, you have to break your you have to break your mental setmental set
DiscussionDiscussion
What helped and/or prevented What helped and/or prevented you from solving the following you from solving the following problemsproblems
Quote of the day: The way you Quote of the day: The way you see the problem is the problemsee the problem is the problem
ReframingReframing
The process of actively changing perspective to create paradigm shiftsThe process of actively changing perspective to create paradigm shifts
Is there another way of looking at this?Is there another way of looking at this?
Subway StorySubway Story
Susan BoyleSusan Boyle
The Importance of HumorThe Importance of Humor Compassion: Opening your heart by stepping into their shoesCompassion: Opening your heart by stepping into their shoes
What part of the elephant are you grabbing?What part of the elephant are you grabbing?
Why so reluctant to Why so reluctant to experience paradigm shiftsexperience paradigm shifts
HW Due HW Due
1) Describe a situation that makes 1) Describe a situation that makes you stuck, What causes you to you stuck, What causes you to become stuck, and what you can do become stuck, and what you can do to create a paradigm shift. to create a paradigm shift.
Describe the technique that would Describe the technique that would cause paradigm shift-chapter 1cause paradigm shift-chapter 1
How you would use the techniqueHow you would use the technique Why you think it would work Why you think it would work Then use the technique and report Then use the technique and report
the results`the results`
Perception Process and Perception Process and InfluenceInfluence
Creating informationCreating information Selecting informationSelecting information Organizing informationOrganizing information Interpreting Interpreting
informationinformation Acting on informationActing on information
How perception influences critical How perception influences critical thinkingthinking
Contextual SensitivityContextual Sensitivity Perspective TakingPerspective Taking Tolerance for AmbiguityTolerance for Ambiguity
Perceptual blocks to clear and Perceptual blocks to clear and critical thinking:critical thinking:
EnculturationEnculturation
MoodMood
Self ConceptSelf Concept
Reframing & Problem SolvingReframing & Problem Solving
Life as a sitcomLife as a sitcom Life as a novelLife as a novel Special effectsSpecial effects
Bothered by someone or Bothered by someone or somethingsomething