PSY 220

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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)
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

 PSY 220 Week 1 CheckPoint Basic

Concepts in Positive Psychology

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Post a 200- to 300-word response about the following:

What do researchers mean by subjective well-being? How is this construct
measured?
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.

 PSY 220 Week 1 DQ 1 and DQ 2

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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.

 PSY 220 Week 2 Assignment Attachment

Style and Relationship (2 Papers)

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Relationships- APA Format Required

Assignment: Attachment Style and

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.

 PSY 220 Week 2 Assignment Relationship

Characteristics

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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.

 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.
Post a 200- to 300-word response.

 PSY 220 Week 3 DQ 1 and DQ 2

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DQ 1
goal achievement

Based on the assigned readings, what would you consider the most important
contributors to successful goal achievement? Why did you choose them?
DQ 2
goals

 PSY 220 Week 4 Assignment Human

Virtues and Character Strengths

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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?
Post a 200- to 300-word response.

 PSY 220 Week 4 Assignment Reflecting

on Wisdom

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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.
Write a 700- to 900-word paper addressing the following:
What characteristics of wisdom does this individual possess?
What makes him or her wise?
Which of these attributes do you believe you have developed most fully?

 PSY 220 Week 5 Checkpoint Paradox of

Affluence

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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.
Post a 200- to 300-word response.

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DQ 1
factors that contribute to happiness
What contributes to happiness?

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?
DQ 2
mental health issues and money

 PSY 220 Week 6 Assignment Positive and

Negative Emotions

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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?
Post a 200- to 300-word response.

 PSY 220 Week 6 Assignment Pursuit of

Happiness

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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.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

 PSY 220 Week 7 CheckPoint Self-Esteem

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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?
Post a 200- to 300-word response.

 PSY 220 Week 7 DQ 1 and DQ 2

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DQ 1
Self-Concept
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.

 PSY 220 Week 8 Assignment Exploring

Optimism

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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?
Post a 200- to 300-word response.

 PSY 220 Week 8 Assignment Optimism

and Health Paper (2 Papers)

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Assignment: Optimism and Health Paper
- APA Format Required
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).

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper summarizing the article and stating your opinion on
the validity of the study or studies.

 PSY 220 Week 9 Capstone DQ

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Capstone Discussion Question

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?

 PSY 220 Week 9 Final Project Well-Being

Action Plan

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Develop an action plan for increasing well-being in your life by addressing the
following:
Identify at least four areas of potential personal growth and create strategies for selfimprovement in these areas.
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.