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A Primer in Positive Psychology
by Christopher Peterson
from Oxford University Press, USA

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• Cogent review of Positive Psychology
  I confess that I gave up reading "Authentic Happiness" half-way through, so I was not biased toward positive psychology. However, this was a text for a PP coaching class I took, and I liked it a lot -- very clear, straight-forward, easy to understand, full of substantive and interesting research, and even a bit of humor. I found myself looking forward to reading the assignments. My only fuss (which the author says he'll rectify in the next edition) is an inherent testosterone bias, (e.g., a key element of... more info

• Great Guide to a Different Perspective
  When I first heard of "positive psychology" I thought..."so what is negative psychology supposed to be?" The terminology shouldn't hang you up. Positive psychology is a look a what psychology can be sans the illness orientation. What this means is that you are really studying how people can use their minds without concentrating on how that thing they do with their hair is an obvious sign of their insecurity, their masturbatory tendencies, or their love affair with their anal stage of development. The book... more info

• Dr. Peterson's Delivery of Positive Psychology to the Masses
  A Primer in Positive Psychology delivers a text full of the details from what has been concept for a decade. With the field of Positive Psychology coming to the point of being a deliverable product to the public, Dr. Peterson frames up a concise text of understandable background on what we are and how positive strategies of behavior throughout the lifetime can benefit all people. This establishes the goal of making Positive Psychology a core life training for students at all levels of education, beginning... more info

• The Top Ten Reasons to Love Chris Peterson's "Primer in Positive Psychology"
  At Coaching Toward Happiness and at MentorCoach, we
  write about the leading figures in positive psychology
  and in coaching and talk to them in live
  teleconference interviews. We interviewed
  Chris three times. His new book is exceptional.
  Here's why:
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  1. It's The Best.
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  Okay. This is arguably the best introduction to positive
  psychology ever written. It ties all the key issues
  together in a compelling... more info

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