Positive psychology - Module 3

C2 Proficiency · Open Cloze · Expert Proficiency, Pearson Education

For questions 1–8, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space.

For anyone involved in the field, the term 'positive psychology' has (0) ___ a familiar one in recent years. The term is attached to a movement which seeks to restore (1) ___ are regarded as 'positive' features of human nature, such as happiness, virtues, personal strengths and altruism, (2) ___ their rightful place within the field of psychology. The movement can be seen as a reaction to a perceived over-emphasis on certain psychological illness, (3) ___ the expense of mental health, in the study of psychology. (4) ___ the term positive psychology was actually coined by humanistic psychologist Abraham Maslow as (5) ___ back as 1964, neither the term nor the intellectual approach surrounding it really took (6) ___ until Martin Seligman made it the centrepiece of his presidency of the American Psychological Association in 1999. (7) ___ then, the movement has (8) ___ ground across the USA and beyond, with popular authors, like former New York Times writer Daniel Goleman, playing a major role in fuelling its widespread appeal.

Positive psychology

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