PREPARED BY:

ZEELUF ANSARI
MARIUM MATEEN
ZARMINA KHAN
DANIA ALI
TAHIRA BANO

T he scientific study of the

human mind and its
functions, especiall y those
af fecting behavior in a given
context..

After World War II, psychology had

three distinct missions:
Curing mental illness.
Making the lives of all people more
productive and fulfilling.
Identifying and nurturing high talent.

Martin Seligman is a pioneer of Positive

Psychology he conclude that,
We believe that a psychology of positive
human functioning will arise that achieves a
scientific understanding and effective
interventions to build thriving individuals,
families and communities

Happiness
Flow
Mindfulness
Hope
Optimism
Positive thinking
Resilience

Happiness and positive emotion is also the first

pillar of the new positive psychology.
Author of Authentic Happiness, describes happiness as
having three parts: pleasure, engagement, and meaning.
Pleasure is the feel good part of happiness.
Engagement refers to living a good life
Meaning refers to using our strengths to contribute to a
larger purpose.

The mental state of flow is:

Being completely involved in an activity for its own

sake. The ego falls away. Time flies. Every action,
movement, and thought follows inevitably from the
previous one, like playing jazz. Your whole being is
involved, and you're using your skills to the utmost.

Mindfulness means living in the moment and

awakening to experience.
It is a state of active, open attention on the
present.

The present moment is filled with joy and

happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.

Hope is an optimistic attitude of

Mind based on expectation of
positive outcomes.
Hope puts the wind beneath
your wings.

Optimism is faith that leads to

achievement. Nothing can be
done without hope.
HELLEN KILLER

Optimism is the foundation of

courage.
NICHOLIS MURRAY

Positive thinking is a mental and

emotional attitude that focuses on the
bright side of life and expects positive
results.

Positive attitude will leads,

positive outcome

According to the basic philosophy of Islam, real

happiness is closeness to Allah and to convey the
message of Allah, Prophet is the human norm in
both individual and collective functions who
describes.

Psychologist, Carol Kauffman discussed the rules for

integrating the principal of positive psychology into
more traditional types of individual or group
therapy.
Reverse the focus from negative to positive.
Develop a function of strength.
Balance the positive and negative.
Build Strategies that foster hope.

Dwelling on negative events or emotions

Use techniques aimed at shifting attention

Identify more positive and personal

strengths
Boost mental facility
Identify top strengths

Identify and foster the positive

Provide a balance to the negative

 Increase persons ability.

Reduce the scope of the problem.
Identify skills and copy mechanism.

When life gives you a 100 reasons to cry,

show life that you have 1000 reasons to
smile. Face your past without regret.
Handle your present with confidence.
Prepare for the future without fear. Keep
the faith and drop the fear.
The most beautiful thing is to see a person
smiling.
And even more beautiful is, knowing that
you are the reason behind it.
Thankyou..

People are generally happy.

Money doesn't buy happiness
Combat Disappointments and setbacks
Purposeful and meaningful work
Learn to be happier

Describes how humans hedonically

evaluate past experiences
Fredrickson and Kahneman were able to
theorize that these "snapshots" are actually
the average of the most affectively intense
moment of an experience and the feeling
experienced at the end..

Different people have described happiness

in different ways:
All

things considered, human life is

not at all a valuable gift".

"Happiness

Rousseau

is an imaginary condition, formerly

attributed by the living to the dead, now usually
attributed by adults to children, and by children to
adults.
Thomas Szasz

Work satisfaction
Faith and well-being
Close relation ships and well being
Friendships and well-being
Marriage and well being

Different researches were being conducted to

see the effect of age and gender on the
happiness level of people:
Age
Gender
Wealth and well-being

Positive psychology focuses on positive emotions and

personal strengths.
It can complement rather than replace traditional
psychotherapy.
Studies evaluating outcomes of interventions.
Proponents of positive psychology.
Critics counter.

Positive psychology can have a range of real world

application in areas including
Education
Therapy
Self-stress
Stress management
Work place issues

Using strategies from positive psychology people can motivate

others and help individuals understand and develop their personal
strengths.

Definition for the good life seems to expand according to

growing complexity of the world. Findings from
researches today that take a positive psychology approach
are already influencing interventions that help people
enhance their strengths and develop their potentials
for greater happiness and satisfaction with life.

With constant stress, terrorist attacks, absence of social security and

poverty, Pakistan is fast becoming a psychological pressure cooker.
Hence positive psychology is the only factor which can bring the change
in Pakistan how ??
By

thinking positive
By doing positive
By writing positive
By seeing positive
By changing negative to positive
By creating positivity
By doing all these above thing and by making ourselves a true Pakistani
we can definitely be one united nation with hopes,love,prosperity,justice
,revolution.InshAllah.

Percent %

11

28

27

21

Nation

Bulgaria
Russia
Hungary
Turkey
Japan
Korea
India
Portugal
Pakistan
Germany
China
Italy
Finland
United States
Netherland
Canada
Switzerland

Life Satisfaction
5.03
5.37
6.03
6.41
6.53
6.69
6.70
7.07
7.07*
7.22
7.29
7.30
7.68
7.73
7.77
7.89
8.36

The Positive psychology teaches how to live a

happy and pretty life

Happiness depends less on exterior things

than most suppose

Happiness is a rich mix of reasonable

wealth, social support, faith, purpose, and
meaning in like

There is a need to rethink our priorities and

envision a world that enhances human wellbeing