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POSITIVE EDUCATION — THE AXIOM OF CONTEMPORARY UPBRINGING AND EDUCATION
level, Snyder and Lopez explore topics such as the identification of strengths,
desire for knowledge and wisdom, hope, well-being, creativity, life optimism,
subjective emotional well-being and others. At the level of interpersonal rela¬
tionships, they deal with topics such as empathy and altruism, responsibility,
love, compassion, friendship, forgiveness and reconciliation, moral motivation,
sense of family and society, gratitude, social closeness and relationships, spir¬
ituality and others (Snyder, Lopez 2002).
Positive psychology has supporters in the Slovak Republic and the Czech
Republic, where it is an inspiration and motivation for many teachers. From
Slovakia: Slezäckovä included Kovät (1997, 2001, 2007), Halama (2001, 2002,
2007) and others. From the Czech Republic, Krivohlavy (2004, 2006, 2007,
2009, 2010), Mares (2008, 2009, 2012), Slezackova (2009, 2010, 2011) and many
others.
1.2 POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY MOVEMENT
The scientific and professional movements of positive psychology arose as a
reaction to the fact of general preference for the negative phenomena of life
and problem areas of the psyche. Seligman characterizes the following pri¬
mary and main aims of positive psychology like this:
+ understand the mental satisfaction of a person in life,
¢ suppress the preference for examining the negative phenomena of life,
¢ balancing the subject of research on the positive aspects of life, so that
life is not just an ordinary experience, but a quality life.
In his research, he called for the diagnosis and provision of supportive optimal
living conditions for active meaningful mental well-being. The starting point
is the application of positive elements to all spheres of life in human society,
not just to the individual.
Positive feelings, such as joy, humour, optimism, support of personal strengths, inter¬
est in the activity, identifying success and developing human potential and diversity,
self-realization, positive social relationships, a society characterized by love, sincer¬
ity, belonging, hope, gratitude, possibilities of content necessary for healthy human
prosperity (Seligman, 2014).
Every human event is limited by positive and negative emotions. There are
studies by psychologists that emphasize the importance and significance of
negative emotions. There is an addiction between positive and negative emo¬
tions, which is defined by the works of Slezäckovä (2012), Resnicka et al. (2001),
Aspinwall and Staudinger (2003), and Helda (2004).
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