psyc4110 Positive Psychology Applied to Institutions
Overview
Home, school, and work are places where we spend a significant amount of time, and, as such, they have the potential to have a positive or a negative impact on our happiness and sense of well-being. For this assignment, you will choose a particular setting and explain how positive psychology principles and concepts can be applied to that setting to improve it.
Preparation
Complete the following:
- Step 1: If you haven't already done so, choose a setting to focus on for this assignment:
- Character strengths in the workplace.
- Positive workplaces.
- Character strengths and mental health.
- Primary prevention and enhancement in mental health.
- Family-centered positive psychology.
- Character strengths in positive education.
- Positive schools.
- Character strengths and health and wellness.
- Step 2: If you didn't finish your research last week, use the Capella University LibraryLinks to an external site. to find peer-reviewed journal articles. If you aren't familiar with the Capella library, the "Finding Articles" section of the Bachelor's in Psychology Library Research GuideLinks to an external site. is a great place to start your search. You are required to use a minimum of seven sources: your textbook, the Character Strengths and Virtues ebook from your reading list, and five peer-reviewed journal articles from the Capella library. You may use the peer-reviewed journal articles from your reading lists in Weeks 8 and 9 for three of the five peer-reviewed journal articles if they are applicable to your topic.
Instructions
Organize your 7–9 page paper using the following headings to ensure you address each element of the assignment.
- Introduction (0.5 page).
- Introduce the key concepts.
- Describe the institutional setting you've chosen.
- Describe the positive psychology concepts you will focus on.
- Note: Include evidence from a source for support.
- Introduce the key concepts.
- Positive Psychology (1 page).
- Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of applying positive psychology to an institution.
- Explain how the strengths of positive psychology make it appropriate to apply to the institution you've chosen.
- Explain the weaknesses in applying positive psychology to the institution you've chosen.
- Note: Include evidence from a source for support.
- Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of applying positive psychology to an institution.
- Research (2–3 pages).
- Synthesize the research you found regarding positive psychology and your institutional setting. This synthesis should result in a minimum of two themes that you've identified. If unsure, use Campus resource Developing SynthesisLinks to an external site..
- Include an explanation of future directions for research.
- Predict how sociocultural and global factors influence how scientists think about behavioral and mental processes.
- Explain how sociocultural factors influence how scientists think about behavioral and mental processes within positive psychology.
- Explain how global factors influence how scientists think about behavioral and mental processes within positive psychology.
- Predict how sociocultural and global factors will influence future research.
- Synthesize the research you found regarding positive psychology and your institutional setting. This synthesis should result in a minimum of two themes that you've identified. If unsure, use Campus resource Developing SynthesisLinks to an external site..
- Positive-psychology strategy (2–3 pages).
- Develop psychology-based strategies to facilitate social change to diminish discriminatory practices.
- Explain the positive psychology strategy or strategies you'll use in your chosen institution.
- Explain how this strategy will facilitate social change.
- Explain how this strategy will diminish discriminatory practices.
- Explain a strategy for helping people enhance resilience and maintain skills in response to rapid social change and related changes in the job market.
- Explain how this strategy can help people be more resilient in response to rapid social change.
- Explain how this strategy will help people maintain skills in response to changes in the job market.
- Develop psychology-based strategies to facilitate social change to diminish discriminatory practices.
- Self-Reflection and Conclusion (1 page).
- Develop strategies to enhance resilience and maintain skills in response to rapid social change and related changes in the job market.
- Explain how you will use this strategy to enhance your resilience in response to rapid social change and related changes in the job market.
- Explain how you will use this strategy to maintain your skills in response to rapid social change and related changes in the job market.
- Develop strategies to enhance resilience and maintain skills in response to rapid social change and related changes in the job market.
Additional Requirements
Your assignment should also meet the following requirements:
- Written communication: Written communication is in professional style with correct grammar, usage, and mechanics.
- Resources: Use a minimum of seven sources: your textbook, the Character Strengths and Virtues ebook from your reading list, and five peer-reviewed journal articles from the Capella library. You may use the peer-reviewed journal articles from your reading lists in Weeks 8 and 9 for three of the five peer-reviewed journal articles if they are applicable.
- APA formatting: References and citations are formatted according to APA style and formatting. Refer to Evidence and APALinks to an external site. and Academic WriterLinks to an external site. for guidance in using proper APA style.
- Length: 7–9 typed, double spaced pages.
- Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:
- Competency 1: Analyze the strengths and limitations of positive psychology.
- Introduce the key concepts.
- Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of applying positive psychology to an institution.
- Competency 2: Apply psychology information literacy.
- Synthesize research about positive psychology and an institutional setting.
- Competency 3: Develop positive psychology based strategies to facilitate social changes which diminish discriminatory practices.
- Develop psychology-based strategies to facilitate social change to diminish discriminatory practices.
- Competency 4: Develop strategies to enhance resilience and skills in response to rapid changes in society and the job market.
- Explain how a strategy helps people enhance resilience or maintain skills in response to rapid social change and related changes in the job market.
- Develop strategies to enhance resilience and maintain skills in response to rapid social change and related changes in the job market.
- Competency 5: Predict how sociocultural and global factors influence how scientists think about behavioral and mental processes.
- Predict how sociocultural and global factors influence how scientists think about behavioral and mental processes.
- Competency 6: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for professionals in the field of psychology.
- Use APA style formatting for citations and reference list with only minor errors.
- Use APA style paper formatting with only minor errors.
- Address assignment purpose in a well-organized text, incorporating appropriate evidence and tone in grammatically sound sentences.