4110 ASSESS 2
Complete a 5–7 minute oral presentation reflecting on what you learned when completing a positive psychology activity, how it relates to optimal human functioning, and how you can apply it to your life.
Introduction
A significant part of positive psychology is determining a person's strengths and building on those strengths to enhance well-being. The Values in Action (VIA) is one way to measure and categorize strengths. Identifying your top strengths is an interesting academic exercise, but it becomes more interesting and helpful when you can find ways to use that information to improve your personal or professional life.
In this assessment, you will create an oral presentation to reflect on what you learned when completing one of the positive psychology activities related to wisdom, courage, or humanity and apply that knowledge to your personal and professional life.
Preparation
- Step 1: Complete Section 2.1 VIA Survey of Character Strengths and one of the activities related to wisdom, courage, or humanity in the Positive Psychology Activitiesmedia to focus on for this assessment.
- Possible activities from Section 2 (wisdom)
- 2.3 Curiosity Activity.
2.3 Curiosity ActivityDescription
For this activity, consider the following questions and record your thoughts (reflections) and any insights learned from the activity:- What would life be like without the experience of curiosity? How would it affect learning, personal growth, relationships, innovation, or searching for meaning in life?
- How can anxiety or fear of the unknown prevent us from being curious?
- If you made a conscious decision to practice being more curious about anything that interested you in life, how might that benefit you? What makes curiosity a character strength?
Reflection Guidelines
After completing the Curiosity Activity, consider the following questions. You may want to take detailed notes as it may help you complete your Wisdom, Courage, and Humanity Reflection Paper.- How was this activity meaningful to me?
- Was this activity uncomfortable or challenging for me to complete? Why or why not?
- What did I learn (or relearn) about myself as a result of this activity?
- How can I incorporate information from this activity into my personal or professional life?
- 2.4 Creative Thinking Activity.
- Possible activities from Section 3 (courage).
- 3.1 Courage Activity.
- 3.1 Courage Activity
Description
For this activity, consider the following questions and record your thoughts (reflections) and any insights learned from the activity:- Describe a time you acted courageously.
- How was it courageous (physically, psychologically, or morally)?
- What were you thinking or how were you feeling at the time?
- Describe what led up to your actions, the action itself, and the outcome of your actions.
Reflection Guidelines
After completing the Courage Activity, consider the following questions. You may want to take detailed notes as it may help you complete your Wisdom, Courage, and Humanity Reflection Paper.- How was this activity meaningful to me?
- Was this activity uncomfortable or challenging for me to complete? Why or why not?
- What did I learn (or relearn) about myself as a result of this activity?
- How can I incorporate information from this activity into my personal or professional life?
- Possible activities from Section 4 (humanity)
- 4.4 Drive-By Flowering.
4.4 Drive-By Flowering
Description
Either alone or with a friend gather some wildflowers from fields in your area and then drive to the homes of family, friends, teachers and others that you know and anonymously place a flower under their windshield wiper or in front of their doorway. These random acts of kindness are best done without anyone else knowing so you are not affected by the response from those to whom you were kind.Reflection Guidelines
After completing this Drive-By Flowering act of kindness activity, consider the following questions. You may want to take detailed notes as it may help you complete your Wisdom, Courage, and Humanity Reflection Paper.- What one thing did I find most surprising?
- How was this activity meaningful to me?
- Was this activity uncomfortable or challenging for me to complete? Why or why not?
- What did I learn (or relearn) about myself as a result of this activity?
- What can I incorporate from this activity into my personal or professional life?
- Possible activities from Section 2 (wisdom)
- Step 2: Use the Capella University Library to find scholarly articles. If you aren't familiar with the library, the Bachelor's in Psychology Library Research Guide: Finding Articles page is a great place to start your search. You are required to use a minimum of five sources: your textbook, the Character Strengths and Virtues: A Handbook and Classification ebook, and three peer-reviewed journal articles from the Capella library. You may use the resources from the Positive Psychology Peer-Reviewed Articles reading list for one of the three peer-reviewed journal articles, if applicable.
Instructions
Organize a 5–7 minute oral presentation using the following categories to ensure that you address each element of the assessment. You can choose to do the oral presentation via: (1) audio file only, like a podcast, (2) video file of yourself speaking (no slides), (3) video of yourself speaking with slides, or (4) slides with audio overlay.- Introduce key concepts (the activity and results) (0.5–1 minute).
- Describe the positive psychology activity you completed.
- Describe your results.
- Strategies to enhance resilience and maintain skills (1.5–2.5 minutes).
- Explain how you can use what you learned about yourself (regarding wisdom, courage, and/or humanity) to enhance your resilience in response to rapid social change.
- Explain how you can use what you learned about yourself (regarding wisdom, courage, and/or humanity) to maintain skills in response to changes in the job market.
- Facilitate social change (1–1.5 minutes).
- Explain how you can use what you learned about yourself (regarding wisdom, courage, and/or humanity) to facilitate social change to reduce discriminatory practices.
- Current research (1–1.5 minutes).
- Summarize your peer-reviewed journal articles.
- Describe future directions of positive psychology research.
- Predict how global or international factors will influence how researchers think about positive psychology.
- Conclusion (0.5–1 minute).
- Anticipate questions your audience might have; share three questions and the answers.
- References.
- Include your references as the last slide or as separate document to submit with your assessment.
Record a 5–7-minute Speech
You can use any video or audio recording software you desire as long as it results in a URL or file submission that you can submit for this assessment.If you want to use Zoom or Kaltura, the following resources can assist you.- Using Zoom.
- Using Kaltura.
Additional Requirements
Your assignment should also meet the following requirements:- Oral communication: Oral communication is in professional style with correct grammar, usage, and mechanics.
- Resources: Use at least five sources, including your textbook, the Character Strengths and Virtues: A Handbook and Classification ebook, and three peer-reviewed journal articles from the Capella library. You may use the resources from the Positive Psychology Peer-Reviewed Articles reading list for one of the three peer-reviewed journal articles, if applicable.
- APA formatting: When using information from a source, make a brief mention of the source. For example, "Seligman reported . . . ." Include an APA style reference sheet as a slide or additional document you submit. See the Evidence and APA section of the Writing Center for guidance.
- Length: 5–7 minutes.
- Introduce key concepts (the activity and results) (0.5–1 minute).