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