In what ways has the information in this course changed your life? Has it changed your personal belief system? Has it changed your understanding of your fellow human beings? How have you implemented the concepts from this course in your life?
some of the things we have learned is at the bottom just to give you an ideal of what could change in a personal belief system.
Chapter Outline
Traditional Psychology
Why the Negative Focus?
Negative Aspects Perceived as More Authentic and "Real"
Negatives as More Important
The Disease Model
Positive Psychology
Health Psychology
Focus on Research: Living Longer Through Positive Emotions-The Nun Study
Clinical Psychology
Developmental Psychology
Survey Research and Subjective Well-Being
Social/Personality Psychology and the Psychology of Religion
Positive Psychology: Assumptions, Goals, and Definitions
Life Above Zero
Culture and the Meaning of a Good Life
Why Now?
Two Final Notes
Positive Psychology Is Not Opposed to Psychology
Positive Psychology and the Status Quo
Why a Psychology of Well-Being?
Objective versus Subjective Measures
Negative versus Positive Functioning
What is Happiness? Two Traditions
Hedonic Happiness
Eudaimonic Happiness
Focus on Research: Positive Affect and a Meaningful Life
Subjective Well-Being: The Hedonic Basis of Happiness
Measuring Subjective Well-Being
Life Satisfaction
Positive Affect, Negative Affect, and Happiness
Focus on Research: Is Your Future Revealed in Your Smile?
Issues in the Study of Affect
Global Measures of Happiness
Reliability and Validity of Subjective Well-Being Measures
Experience Sampling Method
Focus on Method: How Do We Spend Our Time?
The Day Reconstruction Method
Experience Sampling versus Global Measures of Subjective Well-Being
Self-Realization: The Eudaimonic Basis of Happiness
Psychological Well-Being and Positive Functioning
Emotional Well-Being
Psychological Well-Being
Social Well-Being
Need Fulfillment and Self-Determination Theory
Focus on Research: What Makes a "Good" Day?
Comparing Hedonic and Eudaimonic Views of Happiness
Definition and Causes of Happiness and Well-Being
Complementarity and Interrelationship
Defining Close Relationships
Characteristics
Exchange and Communal Relationships
On the Lighter Side
Teasing and Humor
Focus on Research: Sharing What Goes Right in Life
Friendship and Romantic Love
Clarity of Rules
Complexity of Feelings
Expectations
Varieties of Love
Passionate versus Companionate Love
Triangular Theory of Love
Cultural Context of Love, Marriage, and Divorce
Why Don't Marriages Last?
Increased Freedom and Decreased Constraints
Getting Married and Staying Married: Is Love the Answer?
Realism or Idealism?
Satisfaction and Conflict
What People Bring to Romantic Relationships
Attachment Style
Conflict and Communication Skills
Focus on Research: The Power of the "Bad"
Attributions
Implicit Theories and Expectations
Food for Thought: Contours of a Happy Marriage
What Can Happy Couples Tell Us?
Humor and Compatibility