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Diana Whitney (born 1948) is an American author, award-winning consultant [1] and educator whose writings – 15 books and dozens of chapters and articles – have advanced the positive principles and practices of appreciative inquiry and social constructionist theory worldwide. Her work as a scholar practitioner has furthered both research and ...
Cosmic ordering is a type of positive thinking proposed by Bärbel Mohr, who believed that a person can simply write down their wish list and wait for it to become reality. She first outlined her own version in her own magazine called Sonnenwind ( Solar Wind ), and then expanded these ideas into a 2001 book called The Cosmic Ordering Service: A ...
Appreciative inquiry (AI) is a model that seeks to engage stakeholders in self-determined change.According to Gervase Bushe, professor of leadership and organization development at the Beedie School of Business and a researcher on the topic, "AI revolutionized the field of organization development and was a precursor to the rise of positive organization studies and the strengths based movement ...
Positive psychologists argue that the VIA-IS should not be used as a way to identify your ‘lesser strengths’ or weaknesses. [2] Their approach departs from the medical model of traditional psychology, which focuses on fixing deficits. In contrast, positive psychologists emphasize that people should focus and build upon what they are doing well.
David Cooperrider (born July 14, 1954), is the Fairmount Minerals Chair and Professor of Social Entrepreneurship [1] at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University, and Faculty Director at the Center for Business as an Agent of World Benefit at Case.
In 1985 a revised version of EPQ was described—the EPQ-R—with a publication in the journal Personality and Individual Differences. [7] This version has 100 yes/no questions in its full version and 48 yes/no questions in its short scale version. A different approach to personality measurement developed by Eysenck, which distinguishes between ...
Positive emotions: These include contentment with the past, happiness with the present, and hope for the future. [50] [51] [52] Positive individual traits: These are strengths and virtues that define individuals. [53] Positive institutions: Institutions that promote well-being and foster a sense of community. [51] [clarification needed] [44]
Paul T. P. Wong was a Canadian clinical psychologist [1] and professor. His research career has gone through four stages, with significant contributions in each stage: learning theory, social cognition, existential psychology, and positive psychology.