Positive Psychology – Theory and Practice 00-FF-PPT
1. Introduction to the course. Origins and foundations of positive psychology
2. What is happiness? Methods to study happiness and well-being
3. What science can tell about happy people?
4. Happiness inducing interventions. Practicing gratitude
5. Optimism and avoiding worry
6. Positive emotions
7. Nurturing relationships
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Type of course
Course coordinators
Assessment criteria
Teaching methods used: mini-lecture, discussion, brainstorming, problem and experience mapping, individual and group exercises, pair and group conversations.
Student workload: 60 hours (2 ECTS points)
Bibliography
Baumeister, R. F., & Leary, M. R. (1995). The need to belong: desire for interpersonal attachments as a fundamental human motivation. Psychological Bulletin, 117(3), 497-522
Curry, O. S., Rowland, L. A., Van Lissa, C. J., Zlotowitz, S., McAlaney, J., & Whitehouse, H. (2018). Happy to help? A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of performing acts of kindness on the well-being of the
actor. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 76, 320-329.
Fredrickson, B. L. (2003). The value of positive emotions: The emerging science of positive psychology is coming to understand why it's good to feel good. American scientist, 91(4), 330-335.
Gable, S. L., Reis, H. T., Impett, E. A., & Asher, E. R. (2018). What do you do when things go right? The intrapersonal and interpersonal benefits of sharing positive events. In Relationships, Well-Being and Behaviour (pp. 144-182).
Routledge.
Isen, A. M., Daubman, K. A., & Nowicki, G. P. (1987). Positive affect facilitates creative problem solving. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 52(6), 1122.
Lyubomirsky, S. (2008). The how of happiness: A scientific approach to getting the life you want. Penguin.
Lyubomirsky, S., & Tkach, C. (2003). The consequences of dysphoric
rumination. In C. Papageorgiou & A. Wells (Eds.), Rumination: Nature,
theory, and treatment of negative thinking in depression (pp. 21-41).
Chichester, England: John Wiley & Sons
Seligman, M. E. (2006). Learned optimism: How to change your mind
and your life. Vintage.
Sheldon, K. M., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2006). Achieving sustainable gains in happiness: Change your actions, not your circumstances. Journal of Happiness Studies, 7, 55-83.
Sheldon K.M., Elliot A.J. (1999), Goal striving, need satisfaction, and longitudinal well-being. The Self- Concordance Model, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 76, s. 482–495.
Van Boven, L., & Gilovich, T. (2003). To do or to have? That is the question. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 85(6), 1193- 1202.
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