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Positive Psychology: What's Right With Me –
psy220
(3 credits)
How much control do we have over our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors? What does it mean to be “free”? This course offers the student a contemporary and relevant approach to the study of psychology and, in the process, the opportunity to learn more about themselves. In the course, the student will be able to evaluate, understand, and build on their psychological strengths and those of others.
This undergraduate-level course is 9
weeks.
To enroll, speak with an Enrollment Advisor.
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Exploring Hope
- Describe the impact of optimism on physical and psychological well-being.
- Compare and contrast the concepts of optimism and hopefulness.
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Exploring Human Strengths
- Review and recap the major concepts of positive psychology.
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The Self: Who Am I?
- Describe how self-esteem influences behavior.
- Explain the impact of culture on the self-concept.
- Define self-esteem.
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Influencing Happiness
- Describe cultural influences on happiness and self-concept.
- Describe gender differences, or lack thereof, in positive emotions and reported happiness.
Summarize the benefits of positive emotions.
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Exploring Happiness
- Explain the paradox of affluence.
- Summarize the research on variables that are related to and unrelated to happiness.
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Wisdom
- Describe the attributes commonly associated with wise people.
Examine human virtues and their associated character strengths.
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Commitment and Goals
- Discuss the relationship between goal selection and well-being.
- Describe the role of commitment and confidence in accomplishing a goal.
- Explain the matching hypothesis.
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Exploring Love
- Identify characteristics of loving relationships.
- Summarize Sternburg’s triangular theory of love.
Describe how early attachment styles are associated with later adult relationships.
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Introduction to Positive Psychology
- Differentiate between hedonic and eudaimonic happiness.
- Explain how the concept of subjective well-being is measured.
- Describe the concept of subjective well-being.
- Describe the central themes and strategies of positive psychology.
- The University of Phoenix reserves the right to modify courses.
- While widely available, not all programs are available in all locations or in both online and on-campus formats. Please check with a University Enrollment Advisor.
- Transferability of credit is at the discretion of the receiving institution. It is the student’s responsibility to confirm whether or not credits earned at University of Phoenix will be accepted by another institution of the student’s choice.
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