ABSTRACT
The aim of positive psychology is to present a seminal idea about individual and social relations from a positive outlook, or, taking matters a step further, to present a positive portrait of the person and his or her relationships, as well as a positive social worldview. The tendency to turn information into beliefs and emotions stems from the very nature of the human mind and in its configurations as an interconnected system. The formation of beliefs and ideologies arises as a response to needs for action and global orientation, rather than for epistemic reasons. T. Van Dijk conceptualized ideology as a form of social knowledge and the basis of the social representation of a group of people. An ideology of the person is not the same as an ideology of personal relationships, or the overdetermination of social relationships. Positive psychology is clearly more than a collection of vague ideas about the positive aspects of the person.
