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Positive Psychology
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:4.00
Study Course Accepted:05.02.2024 13:31:50
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | VPUPK_319 | LQF level: | All Levels | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Psychology; Psychology of Personality | Target Audience: | Public Health; Sports Trainer; Nursing Science; Management Science; Social Welfare and Social Work; Rehabilitation; Political Science; Communication Science; Life Science; Person and Property Defence; Law; Clinical Pharmacy; Midwifery; Business Management; Marketing and Advertising; Social Anthropology; Medical Technologies; Pharmacy; Juridical Science; Medicine; Information and Communication Science; Sociology; Medical Services; Health Management; Pedagogy; Biology; Civil and Military Defense; Dentistry; Psychology | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Guna Svence | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Health Psychology and Paedagogy | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 5 J. Asara Street, vppk rsu[pnkts]lv, +37167061587 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 6 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 12 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 6 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 12 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 24 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Not required | ||||||||
| Objective: | To deepen students' understanding of the topicality of positive psychology, to develop an understanding of its basic concepts and intervention programs, as well as the content and form of positive psychology measuring instruments. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Positive psychology constructs, history, current affairs in science and public health. The main concepts, keywords of positive psychology, such as well-being, life force, optimal experience, optimism and positive thinking, Hope, etc. | Lectures | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Review of examples of positive psychology evidence-based intervention programs (Positive Focus, Savoring 4-Step Focus, Resilience 7-Step Program) | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | The concept of strengths as the most popular concept in positive psychology intervention. Strengths (Peterson& Seligman,2004) exercises - Your strengths in challenges, from the negative past and the positive future. M. Seligman's syndrome of learned helplessness, catastrophic thinking and learned optimism. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Positive psychology measuring instruments (vitality survey, well-being survey, strengths survey, etc.) | Lectures | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | 2 independent works: 1. Describe the concepts of the basics of positive psychology, prepare an individual or group discussion and critical analysis of any of them. Volume: 3-5 pages. To be added in E-studies. 2. To analyze temporary (2017-2021) research examples of positive psychology (2-3) based on some keywords of positive psychology, research tools and performed research, to analyze the methodology, make questions for discussion. Prepare an individual or group report on the research work performed. To be added in E-studies. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Evaluation criteria for 2 independent works: 1. There is a scientific description of the concept of positive psychology using an article or book by the author of positive psychology, using references. 2. The analysis of the scientific text on the specific concept is expanded. 3. The design of the presentation or essay meets the requirements of RSU. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Describes and explains the concepts of positive psychology, the content and form of intervention programs and measuring instruments. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Conducts research in independent work and essay, demonstrating the ability to explain the keywords of positive psychology, intervention programs, measurements, as well as identify a research problem or topic, according to the society and their future profession in the context of positive psychology, creating an essay. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Uses the ideas, concepts, hypotheses and research results of the basic authors of positive psychology and temporary authors in individual and group works. | ||||||||
| Clinical Skills: | |||||||||
| No. | Skill | Level | |||||||
| 1 | Psychoeducation | B2 - Intermediate level | |||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Aspinwall, L. G., & Staudinger, U. M. (Eds.). (2003). A psychology of human strengths: Fundamental questions and future directions for a positive psychology. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. | ||||||||
| 2 | Keyes, C. L. M., & Haidt, J. (Eds.). (2003). Flourishing: Positive psychology and the life well lived. Washington DC: American Psychological Associa | ||||||||
| 3 | Peterson, C., Park, N., & Seligman, M. E. (2005b). Orientations to happiness and life satisfaction: The full life versus the empty life. Journal of Happiness Studies, 6, 25–41 | ||||||||
| 4 | Seligman, M. E. P. (2002). Authentic happiness. New York: Free Press. Seligman | ||||||||
| 5 | Seligman, M. E. P. & Tracy, A. (2005). Positive Psychology Progress. Empirical Validation of Interventions. American Psychologist by the American Psychological. Vol. 60, No. 5, 410–421 DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.60.5.410 | ||||||||
| 6 | Seligman, M., & Csikszentmihalyi, M. (2000). Positive psychology: An Introduction. American Psychologist, 55, 5-14. | ||||||||
| 7 | Svence, G. (2009). Pozitīvā psiholoģija. R., Zvaigzne ABC. | ||||||||
| 8 | Snyder, C. R., & Lopez, S. J. (Eds.). (2002). Handbook of positive psychology. New York: Oxford University Press. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Mahdiani, H. & Dalhousie, U. (2020). Can Biomedical and Cognitive Enhancement Increase Psychological Resilience? 0 Canadian Psychological Association Canadian | ||||||||
| 2 | Psychology / Psychologie canadienne. Vol. 62, No. 3, 295–303. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/cap0000217 295 2 | ||||||||
| 3 | Lopez, S. J., & Snyder, C. R. (Eds.). (2004). Positive psychological assessment: A handbook of models and measures. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association | ||||||||
| 4 | Lyubomirsky, S., & Lepper, H. S. (1999). A measure of subjective happiness: Preliminary reliability and construct validation. Social Indicators Research, 46, 137–155 | ||||||||
| 5 | Titova, L., Werner, K.M., Sheldon, M.K. (2018). EDITORIAL Translating Positive Psychology. Translational Issues in Psychological Science. American Psychological Association, Vol. 4, No. 3, 211–214 http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/tps0000170 | ||||||||
| 6 | Svence, G. Dzīvesspēka koncepts pozitīvās psiholoģijas kontekstā. R., Zinātne. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | https://www.pursuit-of-happiness.org/history-of-happiness/m… | ||||||||
