Well said, Gregg.
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On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 11:34 AM Henriques, Gregg - henriqgx <
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> Chris,
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> First let me acknowledge that I have a pretty unique and mixed view
> regarding psychology in general. Indeed, the first two chapters of my book
> represent a critical analysis of the institution and what I call
> “mainstream empirical psychology”. My critique of positive psychology would
> be similar. And, let me be clear that it is coming from a bit of an unusual
> “metapsychology” point of view.
>
>
>
> A summary of my critique positive psychology is “empirical variable
> aggregate” psychology of a list of things associated with “the positive” in
> psychology. In other words, it studies well-being, life satisfaction,
> savoring, gratitude, various virtues like humility or courage, and
> prosocial attitudes and behaviors like kindness or generosity. Surely,
> these are interesting variables and we can gain knowledge studying them.
> But it is a deep and profound mistake to think about something like human
> virtue or foundational values or what really is the good (or positive) in
> the human condition by quantifying variables and studying how they generate
> a correlational matrix in a population of people. And then use that to
> offer simple things like the idea that people should have grit of a do a
> gratitude journal. (see here
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.psychologytoday.com_us_blog_theory-2Dknowledge_201409_why-2Dpsychology-2Dthinks-2Dyou-2Dare-2Daverage&d=DwIFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=RUwHwTHzQT-Ezt5IYzX0mTGlMVD18t8sj_k3lsZTP_I&s=18d_SrE9HQ_yHXegcsyt1-HRRs-Y8y2weUmkkefCLd4&e=>
> for a blog on why aggregate variable psychology is a problem if it is not
> also combined with a theory of the individual and a more general model of
> what a person is).
>
>
>
> A short hand critique that gets at these issues is…if X is positive
> psychology, is the rest of the field *negative psychology*? This is a
> quip designed to get people to recognize that the field of psychology is a
> disjointed set of topics and paradigms rather than a coherently organized
> set of ideas.
>
> Although not directly related to positive psychology, here is a chapter
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.gregghenriques.com_uploads_2_4_3_6_24368778_clinical-5Fpsychology-5Fand-5Fpolitics1.pdf&d=DwIFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=RUwHwTHzQT-Ezt5IYzX0mTGlMVD18t8sj_k3lsZTP_I&s=0ZwUiyzXCIp5J3jegDQv2w2eYl-k3xVhFHayS5Jgeio&e=>
> I did with fellow TOK member Steve Quackenbush exploring the complicated
> relationship between clinical psychology and politics and political values.
> The fundamental point is that there is a lot more than meets the eye when
> we are doing basic empirical investigations and making inferences about
> what is the good life.
>
>
> Best,
> Gregg
>
>
>
> *From:* tree of knowledge system discussion <
> [log in to unmask]> *On Behalf Of *Christopher Hadnagy
> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 22, 2020 12:14 PM
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Subject:* Re: What mentally strong people do
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> Greg I am curious, you state – “you have mixed feelings about positive
> psychology” can you tell me why you have mixed feelings?
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> Chris
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> *From: *tree of knowledge system discussion <
> [log in to unmask]> on behalf of "Henriques, Gregg -
> henriqgx" <[log in to unmask]>
> *Reply-To: *tree of knowledge system discussion <
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> *Date: *Wednesday, April 22, 2020 at 10:27 AM
> *To: *"[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
> *Subject: *What mentally strong people do
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> Hi List,
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>
> FYI, here is the most popular blog on PT.
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> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.psychologytoday.com_us_blog_the-2Dpulse-2Dmental-2Dhealth_202004_10-2Dthings-2Dmentally-2Dstrong-2Dpeople-2Ddo-2Dduring-2Dpandemic&d=DwIFaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=RUwHwTHzQT-Ezt5IYzX0mTGlMVD18t8sj_k3lsZTP_I&s=zvVFO-HRNzUv9Z4B5y1CvRLDPBNNdQu4LvJ2VzKu5ic&e=
> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.psychologytoday.com_us_blog_the-2Dpulse-2Dmental-2Dhealth_202004_10-2Dthings-2Dmentally-2Dstrong-2Dpeople-2Ddo-2Dduring-2Dpandemic&d=DwMGaQ&c=eLbWYnpnzycBCgmb7vCI4uqNEB9RSjOdn_5nBEmmeq0&r=HPo1IXYDhKClogP-UOpybo6Cfxxz-jIYBgjO2gOz4-A&m=YhMZmz8bylhK59uuOqt6EYP1AcORWrG-1WoOr00Yolo&s=_a420oHE9PRZD9IgJLJpHocG2w-RenvvR8mp5NXMzMk&e=>
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> As those who know the Unified Framework know, I tend to have mixed
> feelings about positive psychology and prescriptions for happiness. But I
> do think that the recent framing that is evident in this blog in terms of
> character adaptation that tends to be associate with anti-fragile
> resilience is reasonable. That is, I am generally fine with the basic frame
> of trying to teach people what “mentally strong” (i.e., resilient,
> anti-fragile, not overly reactive or easily overwhelmed). As such, I am
> sharing it here and welcome considerations.
>
>
> Best,
> Gregg
>
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