Scientific Pollyannaism From Inquisition to Positive Psychology /

• Main Author: Yakushko, Oksana (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Critical psychology.; Psychoanalysis.; Positive psychology.; Psychology.; Industrial psychology.; Critical Psychology.; Positive Psychology.; History of Psychology.; Industrial and Organizational Psychology.

This book argues that the story of the orphan girl Pollyanna (namely, her strategy of playing the "glad games" to manage loss, abuse, and social prejudice) serves as a framework for critiquing historical forms of Western scientific Pollyannaism. The author examines Pollyannaism as it relat...