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Modest systems psychology: A neutral complement of positive psychological thinking.
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2008)
The positive psychology movement has recently reconfigured the thinking of psychologists by bringing to the forefront of enquiry a scientific focus on positive emotions, character strengths, and human virtue, the ultimate ...
Enlightened happiness and pragmatic systems science & positive psychology meets Colin Feltham's anthropathology thesis
(The Irish Psychologist, 2009)
Consider two books: Sonja Lyubomirsky positive psychology book, The How of Happiness [1], and Colin Feltham's negative psychology book, What's Wrong with Us?: The Anthropathology Thesis [2]. Sonja Lyubomirsky and Colin ...
Advancing the dialogue between inner and outer empiricism.
(2008)
In a recent contribution to New Ideas in Psychology, Seán Ó Nualláin draws out a distinction between inner and outer empiricism, and suggests that consciousness research can benefit from analysis in both directions, that ...
On spirituality and education: keynote paper.
(2009)
It is a mistake to ignore the scientific study of spirituality. Research examining the structure and function of concepts such as 'spirit' and 'spirituality' is likely to reveal new insights into the relationship between ...
Against didacticism
(2006-10)
Quality thinking and quality teaching are desirable but difficult to achieve. Although lectures are necessary to teach information, one cannot rely on them to promote critical and constructive thinking skills. Nevertheless, ...
Consciousness of brain
(Psychological Society of Ireland, 2006)
Evolved consciousness makes possible a rich variety of experience, transmissible from mind to mind via poetical and logical symbolism. Scientific experience involves mapping the energy of the system onto a correspondent ...
Grappling with gene-culture co-evolution
(The Irish Psychologist, 2006-06)
Human beings strive to understand. Understanding helps us to survive, adapt, and flourish. A central theme in the history of philosophical and religious thought has been the call to "know thyself" and to "understand thy ...
Work-life integration
(The Irish Psychologist, 2007-05)
Work is an integral part of life. Human adaptation implies acquisition of the means to sustain life. But there is more to life than work: there is personal life, family life, and life within one's social network and culture ...
Cultivating thought-full and creative thinkers: A comment on quality merging Costa with Claxton et al.
(Elsevier, 2006-05-15)
The two keynote papers in the first issue of Thinking Skills and Creativity provide significant food for thought. Working to teach thinking skills and creativity is a real challenge. Many university professors shadow this ...
Divided attention in older but not younger adults is impaired by anxiety
(Taylor and Francis, 2003)
It has been hypothesized that the disruptive effects of negative emotional states, such as anxiety and depression, may contribute to poorer performance in older age. Some studies have reported that higher levels of anxiety ...