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PSY 220 Week 1 CheckPoint Basic Concepts in
Positive Psychology PSY 220 Week 1 DQ 1 and DQ
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Characteristics PSY 220 Week 2 Assignment
Attachment Style and Relationship (2 Papers) PSY
220 Week 3 Checkpoint Goal Selection PSY 220 Week
3 DQ 1 and DQ 2 PSY 220 Week 4 Assignment Human
Virtues and Character Strengths
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• PSY 220 Week 1 CheckPoint Basic Concepts in
  Positive Psychology

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? In your response,
differentiate between hedonic and eudaimonic
concepts of happiness.
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• PSY 220 Week 1 DQ 1 and DQ 2

DQ 1 Self-Determination Theory 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.
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• PSY 220 Week 2 Assignment Attachment Style and
  Relationship (2 Papers)

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. These early relationships can
have a great effect on their adult relationships.
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• PSY 220 Week 2 Assignment Relationship
  Characteristics

Choose one close relationship in your life it
does not have to be a romantic love
relationship. 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.
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• PSY 220 Week 3 Checkpoint Goal Selection

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

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 from the assigned readings about
commitment and confidence as related to goal
accomplishment?
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• PSY 220 Week 4 Assignment Human Virtues and
  Character Strengths

Examine one human virtue and the associated
character strengths that are important to you, as
listed in Ch. 10 of Positive Psychology. 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

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.
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• PSY 220 Week 5 Checkpoint Paradox of Affluence

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

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?
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• PSY 220 Week 6 Assignment Positive and Negative
  Emotions

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

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.
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• PSY 220 Week 7 CheckPoint Self-Esteem

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

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, emphasizing being unique and
expressing oneself, or interdependent,
emphasizing a social connectedness. Your culture
includes your family, friends, city, and country.
Explain how your culture has influenced your
self-concept.
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• PSY 220 Week 8 Assignment Exploring Optimism

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)

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).
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• PSY 220 Week 9 Capstone DQ

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. To meet this goal,
you may need to pursue education in a particular
area, become a volunteer at a particular agency,
increase networking efforts with people in your
field of interest, etc. This is but one example
of a strategy for increasing well-being. Many
others are presented in your textbook
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