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  • Course 1 of 5 in the Foundations of Positive Psychology Specialization
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  • Approx. 16 hours to complete
  • English Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Italian, Vietnamese, German, Russian, English, Spanish
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Positive Psychology: Martin E. P. Seligman's Visionary Science
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  • Dr. Martin E.P. Seligman?renowned worldwide as the ?father of Positive Psychology??has led visionary leaps in the scientific research, empirical data and personal understandings of human flourishing. This course explores the past, present and future of positive psychology as a journey through the key scientific leaps led by Dr. Seligman and his colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania's Positive Psychology Center and Master of Applied Positive Psychology program.
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Positive Psychology: Martin E. P. Seligman's Visionary Science
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Positive Psychology Introduction by Dr. Martin Seligman

Course Introduction

Module 1 Introduction

Positive Psychology: Toward a Balanced, Empirical Understanding of Well-being

What Do We Mean by the "Positive" in Positive Psychology?

Seeds of Flourishing: The Personal in Parallel with a Developing New Field

How Do People Explain Bad Events? Risk Factors and Protective Factors for Depression

Health is a Skill: Learned Optimism

Laying the Foundation: Defining, Measuring, and Testing Happiness and Flourishing

Building Blocks: PERMA: Defining Wellbeing

Try This At Home: Building the Skill of Gratitude. Suggested Exercise: What Went Well?

Dr. Martin Seligman Biography

Key Point: Learned Helplessness

Key Point: Optimism can be learned

PERMA Overview

Which Character Strengths Are Most Predictive of Well-Being?

Try This At Home: What Went Well

Module 1

The Skills of Well-being Can Be Learned, Taught, and Transformative

Module 2 Introduction

Building Skills to Flourish

Positive Interventions: Testing What Works

Stage 1: Teaching Skills for Wellbeing Proactively Can Prevent Anxiety and Depression in Children

Stage 2: The Leap from Research to Policy in the United Kingdom

Stage 3: The Science of Grit and a New Understanding: How to Foster Flourishing in Schools

Stage 4: Transcending Curriculum to Transform Culture in Schools

Stage 5: From Whole Schools to Whole Communities

Stage 6: Whole Force Resilience

Positive Education: Teaching Academic Success and Well-Being

Positive Education: Taking It to Scale

Positive Education: Replicating Success Worldwide

Try This At Home: Building Positive Relationships Through Active Constructive Responding

Review of Flourish by Richard Layard

Well-being and Public Policy

Try This At Home: ACR

Module 2

Being Whole: Mind/Body Flourishing Throughout Life

Module 3 Introduction

Drawn By the Future: A Revolution in Psychology

Drawn By the Future: A Revolution in Psychology Part 2

Drawn By the Future: The Science of Prospection

Positive Health: Mind and Body Flourish Together

New Directions in Mental and Physical Health

Positive Aging: Creativity and Strengths Throughout Life

Creativity and Imagination

Creativity and Imagination Part 2

Try This At Home: Know and Grow Your Strengths

Watch This Video: Can You Believe Your Eyes?

Homo Prospectus Review

More about the Selective Attention Test

Optimistic Minds and Healthy Hearts

The Creative Life and Well-Being

What Are Your Signature Strengths vs. What's Your Type?

Share Your Strengths

Know and Grow Your Strengths

Module 3 Quiz

Future Directions in Positive Psychology

Module 4 Introduction

The Future of Positive Psychology: Key Topics

Constructive Journalism

Constructive Journalism - some Q&A with Cathrine Gyldensted

Positive Psychology and Spiritual Experience

Positive Psychology and Spiritual Experience Part 2

World Well-Being and Big Data

World Well-Being and Big Data Part 2

Try This at Home: Fun Vs. Philanthropy

Drawn by the Vision of a Flourishing Future

Learn More about Constructive Journalism

Truly Awe-some Science

What Your Tweets Say about You and Your World

Try This At Home: Fun vs. Philanthropy

Module 4

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