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Applied Positive Psychology
Prof. Dilwar Hussain · IIT Guwahati
About
Positive psychology is generally defined as the scientific study of what goes right in life and what makes life most worth living. This field emphasizes using science to understand optimal human functioning. Though it has existed explicitly since 1998, there is now a wealth of research and theory on what makes life fulfilling and its applications across various domains of our lives.
This course will bridge theory and practice by connecting up-to-date research with real-world examples, guiding students to apply evidence-based practices in their own lives and specific areas such as school, work, and therapy. It will begin with an introduction to core concepts, theories and research findings and then explore interventions and applications informed by these research findings.
The course will comprehensively cover major concepts of positive psychology and their evidence based interventions and applications. Topics will range from well-being, happiness, positive emotions, personal strengths, meaning in life to emerging areas like mindfulness and positive relationships.
Intended audience: UG and PG students of Humanities and Social Sciences, Sciences and Engineering
Lectures
Week 01: Introduction to Positive Psychology
- Lec 1: What is positive psychology? Why do we need it?
- Lec 2: Flourishing, Well-Being and Positive mental health
- Lec 3: Eastern and Western Perspective on Well-being/Positive psychology
Week 02: Positive Emotions and Happiness
- Lec 4: Emotions in positive psychology
- Lec 5: Happiness and subjective well-being
- Lec 6: Interventions for promoting positive emotions & happiness 1:Gratitude & Savoring Interventions
- Lec 7: Interventions for promoting positive emotions and happiness 2: Social comparison and happiness
Week 03: Optimism and Hope
Week 04: Mindfulness and Flow
- Lec 10:Mindfulness: Mechanisms, benefits and practice
- Lec 11:The Psychology of Flow
- Lec 12:Interventions for Cultivating Mindfulness and Flow
Week 05: Psychological Strengths and Assets
- Lec 13: Character strengths: Concepts, theories and Interventions
- Lec 14 (Part 1): Gallup’s Strengths Finder: Concepts, theories and interventions
- Lec 14 (Part 2): CAPP’s Realise2 4M model: Concepts, theories and interventions
- Lec 15: Successful aging: Part 1
- Lec 15: Successful aging: Part 2
Week 06: Resilience and Posttraumatic Growth
- Lec 16: Understanding and building resilience: Part 1
- Lec 16: Understanding and building resilience (Part 2)
- Lec 17: Posttraumatic growth: Theories and interventions
Week 07: Meaning and Purpose in Life
- Lec 18: Meaning and purpose in life: Concepts and theories
- Lec 19: Meaning Oriented Interventions What Makes
Week 08: Kindness and Pro-social Behavior
- Lec 20: Kindness: Concepts, theories and benefits
- Lec 21: Altruism and pro-social behavior
- Lec 22: Development and Interventions for pro-social behavior/Kindness
Week 9: Positive Interpersonal Relationships
- Lec 23: Positive relationship and social support
- Lec 24: Positive relationships: Theoretical models and interventions
Week 10: Positive psychology Interventions in Education and Classroom Teaching
- Lec 25: Approaches to positive education
- Lec 26: School-based positive psychology interventions
- Lec 27: Self Determination and Motivation in Classroom Teaching
Week 11: Positive psychology Interventions in the Workplace
Week 12: Positive Psychology Interventions in Therapy and Counselling
Syllabus and materials
At NPTEL, as the course publishes them.
Credits and licence
- Institution
- IIT Guwahati
- Department
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Teacher
- Prof. Dilwar Hussain
- Level
- Undergraduate
- Language
- English
- Subjects
- Society and politics
- Source
- NPTEL
- Licence
- CC BY-NC-SA, as NPTEL states it. Non-commercial use only. NPTEL's terms
- Attribution
- NPTEL states: "Distributed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike / CC BY - NC - SA", beside a BY-NC-SA badge.
- Who can watch
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