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PSYC 2964: Positive PsychologyFall 2011 Monday & Thursday 2:00 pm - 3:50pm Instructor: Michael Kalsher, Ph.D E-mail: kalshm@rpi.edu Telephone: (518) 276-8267 Office: Carnegie 301F Office Hours: 12:00 noon - 1:30pm Monday & Thursday, and by appointment Course Description: This course will focus on research findings from the field of positive psychology. This field has emerged, in part, out of a concern that psychology has focused to a large extent on understanding and treating mental illness, and as a result, largely ignored what ordinary--and exceptional--human experience is like. Thus, the focus of positive psychology has been on systematically investigating individual differences and contextual factors that give rise to positive emotion, and ultimately, to long-lasting happiness and well-being at the upper reaches of each individual’s set range of happiness. Students will read selections from the empirical literature on positive psychology, critically examine the psychometric instruments used to gauge individual differences in positive emotions and other constructs associated with happiness, and take part in empirically-derived exercises and activities designed to encourage adaptive and stress-resistant patterns of thought and behavior. DOWNLOAD SYLLABUS |
