"For many of you, this is your first educational foray into the field of positive psychology. We are privileged to introduce you to this work. If your life is in some small way improved by reading the following pages, it will have made our efforts more than worthwhile. In these pages, we introduce you to the growing field of positive psychology. We have borrowed from the therapy and research efforts of many outstanding psychologists, and we thank them for their pioneering contributions. So, too, do we thank our clients, our students, and our colleagues (Kaylene Co, Brian Cole, Lisa Edwards, Lindsey Hammond, Zachary Kasow, Molly Lowe, Jeana Magyar, Phil McKnight, Allison Newlee, Ryan Reed, Jennifer Reimer, Melinda Roberts, and Brian Werter) who have assisted in various editions of this textbook. Over the years, they have taught us as much about positive psychology as we have taught them. Much gratitude also goes to those folks who believed that college students needed a real positive psychology textbook. Our marvelous editors, Eve Oettinger, Adeline Grout, and Latoya Douse as well as Lara Parra, Reid Hester and the entire team at SAGE; all thought the world would be a better place if students continued to learn about positive psychology. We have sampled the various areas of positive psychology and have included exercises to help you to experience many of these new concepts. In Part I, titled "Looking at Psychology From a Positive Perspective," we group three chapters together. We begin with Chapter 1 ("Welcome to Positive Psychology") and introduce you to the field. In Chapter 2, we explore the Eastern and Western backgrounds of the field and ideas about blending our ME and WE styles. Next, in Chapter 3 ("Classification and Measurement in Positive Psychology"), we explain the attempts to categorize various topics in the field. In Part II, titled "Positive Psychology in Context," we discuss the roles of emotions in a positive life. In Chapter 4 ("The Role of Culture in Developing Strengths and Living Well"), we examine the role of cultural factors in determining what is positive. In Chapter 5 ("Living Well at Every Stage of Life"), we trace the development of human strengths"--