About this course: You are encouraged to take the first four courses of the Foundations of Positive Psychology Specialization before starting this course and completing the Specialization Project. This course, taught by Dr. Martin E.P. Seligman brings all the key concepts from the first four courses to practice as you develop and test a new positive intervention for an audience of your choice. You identify opportunities in your daily life to increase the wellbeing by using knowledge you developed in the first four courses of the Specialization. In this final project, you evaluate the efficacy of a positive intervention based on subjective and objective measures. Then, you compare how empirical and non-empirically-based positive interventions can be applied to influence a person's wellbeing. Lastly, you reflect on how the fundamental elements of research methods are important in the everyday application of positive psychology. After completing all five courses, learners earn a certificate signed by Dr. Martin E.P. Seligman, Dr. James Pawelski, Dr. Angela Duckworth, Dr. Claire Robertson-Kraft and Dr. Karen Reivich.
Who is this class for: This is the culminating course of the Foundations of Positive Psychology Specialization. Students are strongly encouraged to complete the first four courses of the Specialization before starting this course and the Specialization Project.
Taught by: Martin E.P. Seligman, Ph.D., Zellerbach Family Professor of Psychology & Director, Positive Psychology Center
Positive Psychology Center
| Basic Info | Course 5 of 5 in the Foundations of Positive Psychology Specialization |
| Commitment | 4 weeks of study, 2-5 hours per week. |
| Language | English |
| How To Pass | Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. |
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- Video: 1.1 Course Overview
- Video: 1.2 Module 1 Overview
- Reading: Chris Peterson: What makes life worth living
- Video: 1.3 Assignment: Taking the VIA or reviewing your results
- Video: 1.4 Interview: Paul Rozin on Character Strengths
- Video: 1.5 James Pawelski's Review of Via Character Strengths
- Reading: The World Well-Being Project
- Video: 1.6 Signature Strengths
- Practice Quiz: Practice Quiz 1
- Video: 1.7 Disappointment in your Signature Strength
- Video: 1.8 Does the strength seem to fit you?
- Video: 1.9 How can you tell if the strength is authentically you?
- Practice Quiz: Character Strengths
- Video: 2.1 Module 2 Overview
- Video: 2.2 Peterson’s Theory
- Reading: Chris Peterson’s Unfinished Masterwork: The Real Mental Illnesses
- Video: 2.3 Assessment of Peterson’s 24 Absence and Opposite of Strengths
- Discussion Prompt: Definitions
- Practice Quiz: Practice Quiz
- Video: 2.5 Contrasting Strengths Versus DSM
- Video: 2.6 Using Character Strength in a Challenge
- Reading: Which Character Strengths are most Predictive of Well-Being?
- Practice Quiz: Excess, Absence, and Opposite in Character Strengths
- Video: 3.1 Module 3 Overview
- Reading: Articles on Research Methods
- Video: 3.2 Interview: Picking what works best for you from strengths banquet
- Practice Quiz: Practice quiz on research methods and picking from strengths
- Video: 3.3 Deliberate Practice
- Video: 3.4 Laying the Foundation: Defining Measurement and Testing Happiness and Flourishing
- Reading: PERMA overview Well-Being Theory
- Video: 3.5 What is a Positive Intervention?
- Practice Quiz: PERMA, Positive Interventions, Research Methods
- Video: 4.1 Module 4 Overview
- Video: 4.2 Trying the Positive Intervention
- Video: 4.3 Aristotelian Balance
- Practice Quiz: Practice quiz on Positive Interventions
- Discussion Prompt: Using the Peterson strength Excess, strength Absence, and strength Opposite categories
- Video: 4.4 Interview: Using Strengths
- Video: 4.5 Using Signature Strengths Instead of Weakness
- Video: 4.6 Using Signature Strengths over time to Increase Happiness
- Video: 4.7 Assignment: Retaking the PERMA and the PANAS assessment
- Practice Quiz: Positive Interventions, Strengths
- Video: 4.8 Closing Thoughts
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very good foundational course.
Excellent! Wonderful culmination of this specialization. I learned so much from all of the courses and appreciated the last to pull it all together. I highly recommend to all! So grateful to everyone at UPENN for these life-changing courses.
An excellent course, well presented and made applicable and accessible to all. Don't delay; get into it !!
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A fantastic opportunity to put everything together and commit to designing a positive intervention. I have loved every minute of doing this course and the previous 4 elements. Each has given me new insights and deepened my understanding, so that I can lead a more fulfilling life and contribute better to others.