ISSN 1671-3710
CN 11-4766/R
主办:中国科学院心理研究所
出版:科学出版社

›› 2005, Vol. 13 ›› Issue (6): 856-863.

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Is Western Positive Psychology A Psychological Revolution?

Ren Jun;Ye Haosheng   

  1. School of Educational Science, Nanjing Normal Univ., Nanjing 210097, China

    The Education Department of Changzhou Institute of Technology, Changzhou 213022, China

  • Received:2005-03-23 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2005-11-15 Published:2005-11-15
  • Contact: Ren Jun

Abstract: Positive psychology sprung up in American is an important psychological strength in the end of last century, which is also an active field in psychological stage. Some people thought that positive psychology is a kind of psychological revolution or a paradigm shift. This article analyzed the relations between positive psychology and traditional mainstream psychology, humanistic psychology, and also revised the characters of psychological revolution and non-revolution. We made the decision that positive psychology wasn’t a psychological revolution and it didn’t take the paradigm shift

Key words: western positive psychology, western traditional mainstream psychology, humanistic psychology, psychological revolution

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