Critique Argument Against Positive Psychology

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Critique Argument Against Positive Psychology

In modern Bhutan society, positive psychology leads to significant debates concerning the extent of its application in the constitution. Proponents believe criticisms leveled against it are unjustified given it is a relatively new field and researchers are still establishing protocols to strengthen it. Critics identify its weak points; for example, modern science appears to be 'self-help' retailored and branded as a reputable discipline, leading to calls for scientists to defend the authenticity of their work. Positive psychology is weak as it entails tautology and circular reasoning; however, it is beneficial since it allows commitment to health, compliments traditional psychology and eliminates failure.

Positive psychology is founded on circular reasoning as proponents make arguments by first stating assumptions that what they are trying to justify is already factual. In their evidence, they already support the facts of the claims of 'science of happiness' they attempt to validate. For example, positive psychologists believe that the ratio of positive thoughts to negative thoughts determines the levels of individual prosperity. As a result, Lomas (2015) disagreed with the universal application of this mathematical model since it is unjustified either empirically or theoretically considering it foundation is on nonlinear dynamics. Critics believe that the use of circular reasoning creates complications that cannot be fully comprehended and applied by everyone in real-world situations. Circular arguments only convince individuals who accept a particular assertion as accurate.

Positive psychology involves retelling previous psychological schools of thought, just in a different way. Meier and Chakrabarti (2016) believed that there is tautology inevitability in emerging science; for example, it assumes that an optimistic individual is naturally content while ignoring the suggestion that being hopeful is not the only factor that augments happiness. Positive psychologists ignore the teaching from other fields to 'feel revolutionary' when older schools can strengthen their work. Leaders of positive psychology movement fail to consider their new filed in the setting of preceding arrangements since they believe their efforts only connect to humanistic psychology. For that reason, 'science of happiness’ restates the meaning of concepts and terms to suit its model, while isolating the fields preceding it.

However, positive psychology can be beneficial since it helps people to eliminate failure. Its advocates postulate that emerging science does not protect people against undesirable things, but only enables them to alter their thoughts regarding the happenings influencing their daily lives. In the Kingdom of Bhutan, majority of the people experience difficulties when dealing with the risks of failure; as a result, the government has incorporated happiness in the constitution to allow its citizens to look at failure differently, giving it insignificant influence (Miller, 2008). It enables people to feel confident when facing the challenges that affect their mental health as they begin to acknowledge disappointment as an avenue to learn new ways and become better. Through positive psychology, individuals learn how to attain their life goals.

'Science of happiness' is essential in life since it fosters the relevance of optimism through encouraging people to commit to their health and wellbeing as it is common for people suffering from terminal illness to give up. Positive psychologists encourage Bhutanese people to adopt 'fighting spirit' since it can be an answer to the disease...