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Positive Psychology

Positive Psychology from the first idea to exam level: every lesson builds on the one before, with a worked example, a step-through diagram where it helps, a quick check and practice that adapts to what you know. Follows Snyder, Lopez & Pedrotti, Positive Psychology: The Scientific and Practical Explorations of Human Strengths, 3rd ed..

Positive Psychology at a glance

What does Positive Psychology cover?

Foundations of Positive Psychology, Character Strengths & Positive Traits, Well-being & Happiness, Gratitude, Love & Kindness, Mindfulness & Spirituality, Forgiveness, EI & Prudence and Resilience & Self-views. It follows Snyder, Lopez & Pedrotti, Positive Psychology: The Scientific and Practical Explorations of Human Strengths, 3rd ed..

How many lessons does the Positive Psychology course on Studious have?

14 units and 42 lessons, from "What positive psychology is" to "Applying positive psychology: designing an intervention". Each lesson has a worked example, a quick check and practice that adapts to what you know, and many have step-by-step diagrams.

Course outline

  1. Unit 1 · Week 1

    Introduction to Positive Psychology

    1. What positive psychology is
    2. Roots and the science behind it
    3. Well-being models: PERMA
  2. Unit 2 · Week 2

    Character Strengths and Virtues

    1. The VIA classification
    2. Signature strengths
    3. Strengths in daily life and culture
  3. Unit 3 · Week 3

    Subjective Well-being

    1. Defining subjective well-being
    2. Measuring well-being: SWLS and PANAS
    3. What predicts well-being
  4. Unit 4 · Week 4

    Positive Traits

    1. Optimism and explanatory style
    2. Self-efficacy
    3. Personality and the positive person
  5. Unit 5 · Week 5

    Happiness and Hope

    1. Happiness: hedonic and eudaimonic
    2. Can we become happier?
    3. Snyder's hope theory
  6. Unit 6 · Week 6

    Gratitude

    1. What gratitude is
    2. Gratitude interventions
    3. Why gratitude works, and its limits
  7. Unit 7 · Week 7

    Love and Kindness

    1. Attachment and love
    2. Flourishing relationships
    3. Kindness, altruism and empathy
  8. Unit 8 · Week 8

    Mindfulness

    1. What mindfulness is
    2. Mindfulness programmes and evidence
    3. Savouring and flow
  9. Unit 9 · Week 9

    Spirituality

    1. Spirituality and meaning
    2. Religious coping and well-being
    3. Transcendence: awe and elevation
  10. Unit 10 · Week 10

    Forgiveness

    1. What forgiveness is, and is not
    2. Models of forgiveness: REACH and Enright
    3. Forgiveness, health and limits
  11. Unit 11 · Week 11

    Emotional Intelligence and Prudence

    1. Emotional intelligence: the ability model
    2. Mixed models and the EI debate
    3. Prudence and wise choices
  12. Unit 12 · Week 12

    Resilience

    1. What resilience is
    2. Building resilience
    3. Post-traumatic growth
  13. Unit 13 · Week 13

    Positive Illusions

    1. Taylor and Brown's positive illusions
    2. The debate: illusion vs accuracy
    3. Self-esteem and self-compassion
  14. Unit 14 · Week 14

    Modesty

    1. Modesty and humility
    2. Modesty across cultures
    3. Applying positive psychology: designing an intervention

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