Positive Psychology
Positive Psychology has its own characteristics concerning character orientation. Researchers have decided that character and virtue are genuine topics of study. The classifications include twenty-four different character strengths that are categorized under six different virtues. The virtues are as followed: wisdom and knowledge, courage, humanity, justice, temperance, and transcendence. Each of these virtue categories have specific strengths and definitions that allow a starting point to compare psychological character.
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