More activities for teaching positive psychology : a guide for instructors / edited by Sarah D. Pressman and Acacia C. Parks.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pressman, Sarah D., editor.

Parks, Acacia C., editor.

American Psychological Association, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Positive psychology.

Social psychology.

Psychology, Positive.

Medical Subjects:

Psychology, Positive.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 378 pages)

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [2024]

Summary:

"The first volume of this book was created to provide instructors of positive psychology with a resource similar to those available for older areas of psychology, which have countless video libraries, case studies, and activity books. The positive reception of the first volume made it clear that this was a much-needed resource and that a second volume would be extremely welcome and highly useful to the growing number of instructors teaching wellbeing courses. Therefore, this second volume is intended to assist all of those professors who are looking for new content, activities, and pedagogical tools to keep their classes engaging and to help them stay up-to-date on new insights from the field. In this book, the authors have included senior researchers as well as up-and coming junior experts, leaders in the pedagogy and practice of positive psychology, and individuals from a range of countries around the world. The authors hope that by including a wide range of voices, the authors will represent the amazing diversity of the field. The book is organized into five sections according to the themes of the chapters. Each section starts with a brief introduction to the topics covered as well as some advice on how to approach those chapters. The book is packed with 30 chapters from skilled academics, each of whom crafted a new active learning experience that illustrates a seminal concept in positive psychology and is accompanied by content that will help the instructors teach." --Preface (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Contributors

Preface

Part I. Living the Research: Positive Psychology Methods, Applications, and Critical Analysis in the Classroom

Chapter 1. Conversational Pods: Enriching the Learning of Positive Psychology Through Dialogue and Connection

Margarita Tarragona

Chapter 2. Authentic Embodied Positive Emotions: An Experiential Introduction to the Broaden-and-Build Theory

Patty Van Cappellen and Barbara L. Fredrickson

Chapter 3. Duchenne Smiles - Windows to the Soul

Kennon M. Sheldon

Chapter 4. Exploring Language as an Unobtrusive Measure of Positive Psychosocial Characteristics

Peggy L. Kern

Chapter 5. How Can Life Stories Provide Insights for Positive Psychology?

Jordan A. Booker

Chapter 6. Who Can I Trust? Evaluating Sources of Information Related to Happiness

Zachary A. Silver and Laurie R. Santos

Chapter 7. Evaluating Positive Psychology Apps

Justine Bautista and Stephen M. Schueller

Chapter 8. Using Smartphones to Teach About Self-Report Bias and Accuracy in Well-Being Research

Kostadin Kushlev and Hannah Masling

Part II. Changing and Tracking Psychological Well-Being

Chapter 9. The Virtual Gratitude Visit

Robert A. Emmons

Chapter 10. Awe Outing

Emiliana Simon-Thomas and Dacher Keltner

Chapter 11. Happiness is in our Nature: Exploring Predicted and Emotional Responses to the Natural Environment

Jessica E. Desrochers and John M. Zelenski

Chapter 12. The Treasure Chest: An Immersive Guided Imagery Meditation on Sacred Moments

Serena Wong and Kenneth I. Pargament

Chapter 13. Is It Possible to Design and Live a Perfectly Happy Day?

Jaime L. Kurtz

Chapter 14. Uplifts in Daily Life

Patrick Klaiber and Nancy L. Sin

Chapter 15. Learning to Use Your Strengths Daily

Joanne F. Zinger

Part III. Positive Cognitions: Evaluations, Expectancies, and Experiences

Chapter 16. Whose Life is Meaningful?

Samantha J. Heintzelman

Chapter 17. Engaging in an Activity With Passion: How the Situation Affects our Mindset

Jany St-Cyr, Virginie Paquette, and Robert J. Vallerand

Chapter 18. Flow in Daily Life

Ajit Singh Mann, Patrick Robinson, and Jeanne Nakamura

Chapter 19. Promoting Hope Through Goal Setting

Matthew W. Gallagher

Part IV. Social Connections

Chapter 20. Self-Compassion

Ashley L. Kuchar and Kristin D. Neff

Chapter 21. Acts of Kindness: The Well-Being Benefits of Prosocial Versus Self-Focused Behaviors

John K. Coffey and S. Katherine Nelson-Coffey

Chapter 22. Increasing Your Interdependent Happiness

Hidefumi Hitokoto and Yukiko Uchida

Chapter 23. Building High Quality Connections

Jane Dutton, Arne Carlsen, and Sally Maitlis

Chapter 24. Identifying Positively Energizing Leaders

Kim Cameron

Part V. Implementing Positive Psychology Across Contexts: Culture, Stress, and Health

Chapter 25. How Ideal Affect Shapes Judgments of and Responses to Smiles

Elizabeth Blevins and Jeanne Tsai

Chapter 26. Fear of Happiness

Liudmila Titova

Chapter 27. Promoting Positive Psychological Character Strengths in Diverse Meso and Macro Settings

Laura Kohn-Wood, Guerdiana Thelomar, and Brittney R. Davis

Chapter 28. Self-Affirmation for Stress Protection

Kennedy M. Blevins, Sarah D. Pressman, and David K. Sherman

Chapter 29. Using Positive Coping Strategies to Boost Resilience

Emma L. Grisham and Marie P. Cross

Chapter 30. Healthy Foods for Happiness: A Mini-Intervention

Tamlin S. Conner and Jack R. H. Cooper.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, 2024.

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1433839288

1433839296

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