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Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "positive psychology"
Barbara Ehrenreich: Why Forced Positive Thinking Is a Total Crock
Barbara Ehrenreich, Psychotherapy Networker. May 20, 2010.
Positive psychology -- forced optimism -- is actually quite Calvinist, putting happiness to work as a means to an end.
Do Kinder People Have an Evolutionary Advantage?
Yasmin Anwar, UC Berkeley. March 4, 2010.
"Positive psychology" research indicates that the kinder you are, the more likely you are to survive -- and evolve.