FF:PSBB007 Positive psychology - Course Information
PSBB007 Positive psychology
Faculty of ArtsSpring 2020
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- doc. PhDr. Alena Slezáčková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. PhDr. Alena Slezáčková, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Jarmila Valchářová
Supplier department: Department of Psychology – Faculty of Arts - Timetable
- Tue 10:00–11:40 C51
- Prerequisites
- No prerequisites.
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 12 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/12, only registered: 0/12 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Psychology (programme FF, B-PSYCH_) (2)
- Course objectives
- The aim of the course is to provide student with a knowledge of the current issues of positive psychology - its background, main subjects of research, and latest findings.
- Learning outcomes
- At the end of the course student will be able to determine main representatives of positive psychology; to highlight the main research areas of positive psychology; to understand the effect of of positive emotions on health; to explain the importance of positive approach on the quality of life and mental health of an individual; to explain the importance and classification of character strengths; to apply gained knowledge in the context of counselling and psychotherapy.
- Syllabus
- History of positive psychology
- Theories and concepts of happiness: Subjective well_being, life satisfaction,flourishing
- Positive emotions: research and applications
- Optimal experience - Flow
- Hope and optimism
- Gratitude and Forgiveness
- Character strengths and virtues
- Meaningfulness and life values
- Posttraumatic growth
- Positive communication, positive organisations, positive leadership
- Positive psychotherapy
- Literature
- required literature
- SLEZÁČKOVÁ, Alena. Pozitivní psychologie – věda nejen o štěstí. Praha: E-psychologie, 2010.
- SLEZÁČKOVÁ, Alena. Průvodce pozitivní psychologií : nové přístupy, aktuální poznatky, praktické aplikace. Vyd. 1. Praha: Grada, 2012, 304 s. ISBN 9788024735078. URL info
- recommended literature
- KŘIVOHLAVÝ, Jaro. Pozitivní psychologie. 1. vyd. Praha: Portál, 2004, 195 s. ISBN 80-7178. info
- SELIGMAN, Martin E. P. Opravdové štěstí : pozitivní psychologie v praxi. Vyd. 1. Praha: Ikar, 2003, 390 s. ISBN 8024902931. info
- CSIKSZENTMIHALYI, Mihaly. O štěstí a smyslu života :můžeme ovládat své prožitky a ovlivňovat jejich kvalitu? Praha: Lidové noviny, 1996, 399 s. ISBN 80-7106-139-5. info
- not specified
- SLEZÁČKOVÁ, Alena and Irena SOBOTKOVÁ. Family Resilience : Positive Psychology Approach to Healthy Family Functioning. In Kumar, Updesh. The Routledge International Handbook of Psychosocial Resilience. Oxford: Routledge, 2017, p. 379-390. Routledge International Handbooks. ISBN 978-1-138-95487-8. info
- HEFFERON, Kate. Positive psychology and the body : the somatopsychic side to flourishing. First published. Maidenhead: McGraw-Hill Education, 2013, xvii, 254. ISBN 9780335247714. info
- Applied positive psychology : improving everyday life, health, schools, work, and society. Edited by Stewart I. Donaldson - Mihály Csíkszentmihályi - Jeanne Nakamura. New York: Psychology, 2011, xxvi, 237. ISBN 9780415877817. info
- Handbook of positive psychology in schools. Edited by Rich Gilman - Eugene Scott Huebner - Michael J. Furlong. 1st pub. New York: Routledge, 2009, xvii, 502. ISBN 9780203884089. info
- Oxford handbook of positive psychology. Edited by C. R. Snyder - Shane J. Lopez. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009, xxxi, 709. ISBN 9780195187243. info
- Oxford handbook of methods in positive psychology. Edited by Anthony D. Ong - Manfred H. M. Van Dulmen. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007, xxii, 644. ISBN 9780195172188. info
- PETERSON, Christopher. A primer in positive psychology. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006, viii, 386. ISBN 0195188330. info
- Handbook of positive psychology. Edited by C. R. Snyder - Shane J. Lopez. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005, xviii, 829. ISBN 0195182790. info
- Positive psychology in practice. Edited by P. Alex Linley - Stephen Joseph. New Yersey: John Wiley & Sons, 2004, xxii, 770. ISBN 0471459062. info
- Handbook of positive psychology. Edited by C. R. Snyder - Shane J. Lopez. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002, xviii, 829. ISBN 0195135334. info
- HARVEY, John H. The psychology of loss as a lens to a positive psychology. American Behavioral Scientist. 2001, vol. 44, No 5, p. 838-853. info
- Teaching methods
- Lectures, seminars, class discussion, homeworks. Active participation of students during seminars is required.
- Assessment methods
- The course is completed by colloquium. Final evaluation: delivering of seminar work or oral presentations, paper, class discussion.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually. - Teacher's information
- We encourage students to use resources and links in the Study Materials in the IS.
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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