Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take
Positive Psychology at the Movies
Ryan M. Niemiec · 2013
80/100
👍 Worth It
If you teach positive psychology or study character strengths, this is a genuinely useful reference that manages to be more engaging than most academic texts — because movies are inherently interesting. The nearly 1,500-film database and the added PERMA chapters give the second edition real staying power for clinicians and educators. General readers may find the density a barrier, but serious students of the field will get their money's worth.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety85
substance85
craft70
originality82
accuracy85
hype72
age-fit80
human-eye78
Penny’s verdict80
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