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PSYCHOLOGY
PRESENTATION

BY :
HIMANSHU GOYAL
B. Com (hons)
0501778815
OPTIMISM AND POSITIVE
THINKING
 OPTIMISM

– MARTIN SELIGMAN defines optimism as

CONFIDENCE

REACTING TO A
PROBLEM

HIGH PERSONAL ABILITY

Optimism is a form of positive thinking that includes the belief that you are responsible for
your own happiness and that more good things will continue to happen to you in the future.
OPTIMISTIC PERSON

– One expects the best possible outcome from

any given situation.
– Hope that future conditions will unfold as
optimal.
– It is the understanding that all past-present-
future operate by law of optimization.

– In psychology, optimistic means dispositional

optimism.
 Types of person

OPTIMISTIC PERSONALTY PESSIMISTIC

TYPE PERSONALITY TYPE

APPROACH TOWARDS LIFE

• Don’t give credit to themselves for

• Credits themselves for good good outcomes.
things • Blame themselves when bad thing
• Blame outside forces for bad happens around them.
outcomes • View negative event as expected and
• Foresee negative events as lasting
temporary.
What do you see ?
 OPTIMISTIC AND POSITIVE
THNIKING
– OPTIMISTIC THINKING

– FOCUS ON THE IDEA THAT EVERYTHING WILL WORK OUT

– RESULTS IN THAT THE PERSON CAN SOMETIMES BE BLINDSIDED BY THE SITUATION THAT OCCUR

– NOT BE PREPARED FOR IT

– POSITIVE THINKING

– PROBLEMS CAN OCCUR AND THAT THEY WONT WORKOUT AUTOMATICALLY

– UNLESS THE PERSON IS PREPARED FOR IT

ALSO, IT ENHANCE THE POSSIBLITIES AND LOOK FOR SOLUTION WITHOUT THE ASSUMPTION THAT EVERYTHING
WILL WORK OUT BY ITSELF
BENEFITS OF POSITIVE
THINKING
– IT HELPS YOU ACHIEVE GOAL AND ATTAIN SUCCESS
– IT BRINGS MORE HAPPINESS INTO YOUR LIFE
– PRODUCES MORE ENERGY
– YOU BECOME ABLE TO INSPIREE AND MOTIVATE YOURE SELF AND OTHERS
– LIFE SMILES AT YOU
– HEALTH BENEFITS
– LONGER LIFE SPAN
– LESS STRESS
– LOWER RATE OF DEPRESSION
– ICREASED RESISTANCE TO COMMON COLD
 PRACTICAL STEPS TO A MORE
OPTIMISTIC AND POSITIVE
ATTITUDE

TAKING A
BREAK
VIEW LIFE AS
A JOURNEY
SUBSTITUE
CHALLENGES
IDENTIFY FOR
AREA TO PROBLEMS
CHOOSE CHANGE
HAPPINESS
THINK
GRATITUDE
 PROTECTIVE
POSITIVE
MINIMUM SELF TALK
EXPOSURE
BE WITH TO NEGETIVE
OPTIMISTIC INFLUENCE
ACT HAPPILY PEOPLE
BE
POSITIVELY
BEGIN YOUR AWARE
DAY ON
POSITIVE
NOTE
POSITIVE THINKING IN
PRACTICE
 IDENTIFY NEGATIVE
THINKING
THESE ARE SOME COMMON FORM OF NEGATIVE SELF TALK

– FILTERING: You magnify the negative aspects of a situation and filter out all of the positive
ones.

– PERSONALIZING: When something bad occurs you automatically blame yourself

– CATASTROPHIZING: You automatically assume the worst

– POLARIZING: You see things only as either good or bad.

 CASE STUDY: THE OPTIMIST
AND THE PESSIMIST
Three women were meant to meet at a restaurant at 5.00pm. Two of the women arrived on time, however Angie was running
late. Time continued to tick by. At 5.15pm one of the women, Maria could not help but look at her watch and began to feel
anxious. Lucy, the other woman saw this and told her not too worry. Lucy ordered a drink and did not think any more of it as
Angie was renowned for being late. Another 10 minutes passed. Maria could not stop looking at the time and expressed her
worry, suggesting that Angie may have been involved in a car accident. Lucy remained calm, reminding Maria that Angie was
coming from work and was most probably stuck in peak hour traffic. Maria did not even listen to Lucy’s explanation. Panicking
further, Maria tried calling Angie to find out where she was. Angie did not answer, reinforcing Maria’s worry even further. Lucy
reminded Maria that Angie was driving and that she cannot answer her phone while driving. Another ten minutes went by and
Angie rushed in. Lucy said “Look, there she is, she is just fine like I told you.” Maria was still not convinced, rushing over to their
friend to see if she was ok. It turned out that Angie had to stay back for an important meeting at work. Lucy and their friend
started talking and began looking at the menu. Maria however, did not believe her friend entirely, still thinking that there must
be another, more troublesome explanation for her friend’s late arrival. She was so anxious that she did not eat and continued to
think about what ‘could’ have happened for the rest of the night
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