PSYC 347 Positive Psychology

General

• Demonstrate an understanding of theory and practice of positive psychology ¿ including the study of positive emotion, positive character traits, and positive institutions, with special focus on the research methodologies utilized to study and apply these.
• Apply course content to everyday life including: becoming more keenly self-reflective in the service of enhancing positive emotions and intentionally crafting life choices that result in greater happiness and more psychologically wealthy personal and relational outcomes.
• Through in class discussion and written assignments students should be able to construct logical and coherent arguments which use authority, point-of-view, and individual voice and style in presentation.
• Understand the effects of societal, cultural, and environmental influences on the experience of emotion, character and institutions.
• Understand the relationship between people and their environments, and consider ways of improving this relationship;
• Become familiar with a variety of cultural factors that may influence successful positive interventions.