{"product_id":"positive-psychology-the-scientific-and-practical-explorations-of-human-strengths-9781506357355","title":"Positive Psychology: The Scientific and Practical Explorations of Human Strengths","description":"\u003cstrong\u003ePositive Psychology: The Scientific and Practical Explorations of Human Strengths\u003c\/strong\u003e comprehensively covers the science and application of positive psychology. Authors Shane J. Lopez, Jennifer Teramoto Pedrotti, and C. R. Snyder bring positive psychology to life by illustrating issues such as how psychological strength can help increase positive outcomes in school and the workplace and promote cooperative relationships among people. Furthermore, the book encourages readers to engage with concepts in order to understand positive emotions and strengths, such as empathy, altruism, gratitude, attachment, and love. Over 50 case studies grounded in practice, research, and the authors' teaching experience reveal how positive psychological phenomena operate in the lives of real people. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLopez, Shane J.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eShane J.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e Lopez, Ph.D. \u003c\/b\u003eis a Gallup Senior Scientist and Research Director of the Clifton Strengths Institute. Dr. Lopez has published more than 100 articles and chapters and 10 books in addition to \u003ci\u003ePositive Psychology: The Scientific and Practical Explorations of Human Strengths\u003c\/i\u003e. These include \u003ci\u003eMaking Hope Happen\u003c\/i\u003e, his first trade book; \u003ci\u003eThe Oxford Handbook of Positive Psychology\u003c\/i\u003e (with C.R. Snyder); \u003ci\u003ePositive Psychological Assessment: A Handbook of Models and Measures\u003c\/i\u003e (with C.R. Snyder); \u003ci\u003ePositive Psychology: Exploring the Best in People\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Encyclopedia of Positive Psychology\u003c\/i\u003e; and\u003ci\u003e The Psychology of Courage: Modern Research on an Ancient Virtue\u003c\/i\u003e (with Cynthia Pury). Dr. Lopez is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and of the International Positive Psychology Association. A professor of education for a decade, he is now professor of business at the University of Kansas.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSnyder, Charles Richard:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eC. R. Snyder, Ph.D.\u003c\/b\u003e (deceased) was the Wright Distinguished Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Kansas, Lawrence. Internationally known for his work at the interface of clinical, social, personality, and health psychology, his theories have pertained to how people react to personal feedback, the human need for uniqueness, the ubiquitous drive to excuse transgressions and, most recently, the hope motive. He received 31 research awards and 27 teaching awards at the university, state, and national levels. In 2005, he received an honorary doctorate from Indiana Wesleyan University. Snyder has appeared many times on national American television shows, and he has been a regular contributor to National Public Radio. His scholarly work on the human need for uniqueness received the rare recognition of being the subject matter of an entire Sunday cartoon sequence by Gary Trudeau. All of these accomplishments were packaged in a graying and self-effacing absent-minded professor who says of himself, \"If you don't laugh at yourself, you have missed the biggest joke of all!\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTeramoto Pedrotti, Jennifer:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eDr. Jennifer Teramoto Pedrotti received her doctoral and master's degrees in Counseling Psychology from the University of Kansas and bachelor's degrees in Psychology and English from the University of California at Davis. She is currently Associate Dean for Diversity and Curriculum in the College of Liberal Arts and Professor in the Department of Psychology and Child Development at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. Dr. Teramoto Pedrotti taught multicultural psychology, intergroup dialogues, and other areas of psychology for over fifteen years. Her research areas of specialty include the effectiveness of intergroup dialogues and other types of multicultural education, and the study of strengths within a cultural context. She is the lead editor on a volume entitled \u003ci\u003ePerspectives on the Intersection of Multiculturalism and Positive Psychology\u003c\/i\u003e (Springer Science, with Lisa M. Edwards) and authored another undergraduate textbook, \u003ci\u003ePositive Psychology: The Scientific and Practical Explorations of Human Strengths \u003c\/i\u003e(SAGE, with Shane J. Lopez, and C. R. 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