Positive Psychology

INTRODUCTION

In the field of psychology positive psychology is the new branch which deals with human happiness and have been the new focused area that search what is positive, creative, and fulfilling in human behavior. It is also recognized as one of the scientific study of what people do right. The areas like emotions, strengths, virtues, meaning, experiences, and purpose is inspected by positive psychology. positive psychology is best originally understood by applying it to oneself and it never denied the negative aspects of life.

The major purpose of the invention of positive psychology is that to relate yourself with you by experiencing your own understanding and improvement of wellbeing and to implement positive psychology

every people have ups and downs in their mental states, regardless of their more stable personality traits. These normal changes, occur from hour to hour and vary from circumstance to circumstance. They can be brief, perhaps lasting only a few moments. An example of this is recalling a happy memory for a few seconds, or the wonderful feelings of a student reading an acceptance letter from the college of his or her choice.

2. Positive individual traits are the difference between a state and a trait is that a trait refers to something more permanent. The traits are noted as their

"personalities." While traits of individuals can change over years, for the most part, they are relatively stable.

3. positive institution When investigating institutions, we can observe the institution 's influence on the community it serves, its care for its workers, or its environmental policies. Some of the institutions are "positive" in some of these kingdoms, but it is rare for an institution to be strong in all areas. positive psychology aims to help institutions become more positive in all realms.

Martin Seligman an American Psychologist is considered to be the father of

The application of emerging science of positive psychology to the development of a positive and graceful aging. It is important for professionals working with older persons to understand the potential of positive psychology as an increasing proportion of the clients of psychologists in the future will be older adults. The possibilities of positive psychology explore by the study of aging Gerontology because relatively little work has been done to identify how recent trends in the emerging science of positive psychology can be applied to the development of a positive psychology of aging. Evidence is emerging about the unrealized potentials of older adults in all domains. Historically, the deterioration of old age has been over emphasized. This is possibly so because it is easier to recognize attributes in which the performance of old people is poor than those in which they may excel. Empirical evidence is emerging which demonstrates the hitherto under‐recognized skills, potentials, and contributions of older adults. The emerging science of positive psychology can contribute a great deal towards enabling the potential of older adults to be