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POSITIVE EDUCATION — THE AXIOM OF CONTEMPORARY UPBRINGING AND EDUCATION Until the end of the 20th century, as it is stated by Kfivohlavy (2010), the interest of psychologists focused on the negative of psychopathological reality. Ihis is confirmed also by Seligmans experience in his professional practice, which focused on achieving the main aim of psychology, which is to alleviate suffering and minimize the effects of patient anxiety by eliminating the cause of the problem (Seligman, 2014). Psychology as a science deals with a wide range of problems and defects in human life, which adversely affect the human psyche, and destroy not only the mental, and physical but also the social side of a person. Positive psychology takes a scientific approach to the study of human thinking, emotion and behaviour, emphasizing strengths instead of focusing on the weak and building the good in life, instead of correcting the bad. 1.1 FOUNDERS OF POSITIVE EDUCATION Positive psychology aims to be able to elevate the lives of ordinary people to a higher quality, instead of bringing those who suffer only to a normal level (Peterson et al., 2008). Figure 1. (From above and from left:) Martin Seligman, Sonja Lyubomirsky, Ed Diener, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. Down: Barbara Fredrickson. Live Happy magazine, October 2013, Bill Cahalan Decades before the definition of positive psychology, the following researchers devoted themselves to this area in terms of theoretical reflections as well as practical approaches: + 12 e
