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• PSY 220 Entire Course

• PSY 220 Week 1 CheckPoint Basic Concepts in
  Positive Psychology

• PSY 220 Week 1 CheckPoint Basic Concepts in
  Positive Psychology
• PSY 220 Week 1 DQ 1 and DQ 2
• PSY 220 Week 2 Assignment Relationship
  Characteristics
• PSY 220 Week 2 Assignment Attachment Style and
  Relationship (2 Papers)

• On p. 18 of your textbook, the authors present
  the hypothetical possibility of being hooked up
  to an experience machine that would guarantee a
  constant state of happiness and positive emotion.
  Would you choose to be hooked up to such a
  machine? Why or why not?

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• PSY 220 Week 1 DQ 1 and DQ 2

• PSY 220 Week 2 Assignment Attachment Style and
  Relationship (2 Papers)

• Explain the components of Self-Determination
  Theory. Did the research study of college
  students by Reis and colleagues support the
  tenets of Self-Determination Theory? Explain.
• What is Post-Traumatic Growth? Give an example.

• Robert Sternberg created his triangular theory of
  love based on three dimensions passion,
  intimacy, and commitment. The degree to which a
  relationship demonstrates these three dimensions
  determines the type of love relationship. People
  begin love relationships with those who care for
  them as children.

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• PSY 220 Week 2 Assignment Relationship
  Characteristics

• PSY 220 Week 3 Checkpoint Goal Selection

• Post a 200- to 300-word response describing the
  defining characteristics of this close
  relationship. Use the information presented in
  Ch. 11 to formulate your response.

• Using the information presented in Ch. 7, explain
  the matching hypothesis. Give an example of a
  well-matched and a poorly-matched goal that you
  have pursued in your own life. Discuss the
  relationship between goal selection and
  well-being.

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• PSY 220 Week 3 DQ 1 and DQ 2

• PSY 220 Week 4 Assignment Human Virtues and
  Character Strengths

• Imagine that a fellow student confides in you
  that she has been questioning whether she can
  reach her goal of being the first in her family
  to obtain a college degree. Despite doing well
  in her classes, she is considering dropping out.
  What advice would you give the student based on
  your knowledge

• Select someone who you know or is a public figure
  who you feel encompasses at least one of these
  virtues.
• Discuss why this virtue is important to you. How
  does the person you selected encompass this
  virtue and the associated character strengths?

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• PSY 220 Week 4 Assignment Reflecting on Wisdom

• PSY 220 Week 5 Checkpoint Paradox of Affluence

• Using the information presented in Ch. 10 of your
  text and other scholarly sources, describe the
  attributes that are commonly associated with wise
  people. Identify a person (past or present) who
  you believe to be wise. This can be a person you
  have known in your life or someone you have never
  met.

• Using the information presented in Ch. 6, explain
  what researchers mean by the paradox of
  affluence. Explain how the research on happiness
  and wealth relates to Maslows hierarchy of
  needs.

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• PSY 220 Week 5 DQ 1 and DQ 2

• PSY 220 Week 6 Assignment Positive and Negative
  Emotions

• Given your own personal experience and the
  assigned readings, what factors do you feel are
  related to contributing to happiness? What
  factors do you feel are inconsequential? How do
  these contribute to your personal decisions
  related to maintaining or pursuing your own
  happiness?

• Using the information in Ch. 3, 5, and 6,
  describe some of the benefits associated with the
  experience of positive emotions. Do men and women
  differ with respect to their experience of
  negative emotions? How do researchers explain
  these differences?

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• PSY 220 Week 6 Assignment Pursuit of Happiness

• PSY 220 Week 7 CheckPoint Self-Esteem

• The authors of your textbook describe the
  American emphasis on the pursuit of happiness.
  Write a 700- to 900-word paper explaining the
  cultural and historical factors that contribute
  to this perspective. Contrast the traditional
  American perspective on happiness with the
  traditional Asian perspective on happiness.

• Define self-esteem, including contingencies of
  self-worth. When might the pursuit of self-esteem
  be harmful to individuals? When might threats to
  self-esteem be helpful?

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• PSY 220 Week 7 DQ 1 and DQ 2

• PSY 220 Week 8 Assignment Exploring Optimism

• A persons self-concept plays a large role in how
  he or she views the world it helps a person
  process social information, judge feedback, and
  influences what he or she notices in others.
  Culture teaches people what values are important
  and may determine if they view themselves as
  independent

• Compare and contrast the concepts of optimism and
  hopefulness. Under what circumstances might
  optimism be harmful? What is defensive pessimism
  and under what circumstances might this be
  beneficial?

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• PSY 220 Week 8 Assignment Optimism and Health
  Paper (2 Papers)

• PSY 220 Week 9 Capstone DQ

• Find a peer reviewed article which discusses the
  effects of optimism on physical and psychological
  health. (You may need to find two articles in
  order to cover both the physical and the
  psychological areas).

• 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?

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• PSY 220 Week 9 Final Project Well-Being Action
  Plan

• For each of the four areas you select, describe
  the change you would like to make and the
  strategy you would use to achieve your goal. For
  example, you may seek greater concordance between
  your professional life and your personal
  characteristics. Self-concordant goals have been
  shown to increase well-being.

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