More Activities for Teaching Positive Psychology
American Psychological Association (Verlag)
978-1-4338-3928-3 (ISBN)
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More Activities for Teaching Positive Psychology features brand new expert-informed resources for teachers and coaches.
Building on the success of the first volume, More Activities for Teaching Positive Psychology is an indispensable resource for instructors and coaches aiming to bring the dynamic field of positive psychology to life. This practical workbook offers 30 innovative activities, organized into five thematic sections, ensuring that you can easily find the perfect exercise to complement your curriculum and captivate your students. Featuring chapters from leading researchers and educators worldwide, this volume includes activities designed to enhance well-being, foster gratitude, cultivate self-compassion, and build resilience. It also explores fresh areas such as the impact of facial expressions, the role of technology and nature in promoting happiness, and critical analyses of positive psychology methods.
Each activity comes with step-by-step instructions, discussion prompts, and supplementary materials to facilitate deep understanding and engagement. The thematic organization allows for easy integration of activities that align with your lecture topics, covering areas such as positive cognitions, social connections, and positive psychology across diverse contexts. Comprehensive support, including background readings and example scripts, ensures seamless implementation in your course. Whether you’re an experienced positive psychology instructor or new to the field, More Activities for Teaching Positive Psychology offers a treasure trove of tools and ideas to make your classroom vibrant, interactive, and deeply impactful.
Sarah D. Pressman, PhD, is a professor of psychological science and associate dean of undergraduate education at the University of California, Irvine. She received her BSc from Mount Allison University in biopsychology, her MS and PhD from Carnegie Mellon University in social, personality, and health psychology, and she completed postdoctoral training in cardiovascular behavioral medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Dr. Pressman's expertise is on the interrelations between positive psychological factors, stress, and health, and she has received numerous awards (e.g., from the American Psychological Association Division 38 and the American Psychosomatic Society) for her contributions in these areas. Her work on positive psychology relevant topics has been cited over 9500 times (h-index 35) and has been widely featured in popular outlets like the Wall Street Journal, CNN, NPR, and The New York Times. She was a contributor to the first book, Activities for Teaching Positive Psychology, and used various activities from the initial book extensively in her own positive psychology courses. Beyond that, she is considered a world expert on the importance of positive emotions for physical well-being and has been invited to speak at dozens of national and international meetings for this purpose. Finally, Dr. Pressman is an award-winning and well-rated instructor with experience teaching thousands of students about positive psychology and related courses over the last dozen years. Acacia C. Parks, PhD, received her BA in psychology from Reed College and her PhD in psychology from the University of Pennsylvania, where she received training in psychological assessment as well as cognitive-behavioral therapy for mood and anxiety disorders. Her research and practice focuses on self-help methods for increasing well-being via digital technology and books, with an emphasis on self-reported emotional outcomes, but also objective and observable outcomes, such as changes in workplace behavior, physiological indicators, etc. Her research has helped build the foundations for how to translate scientific well-being interventions to the general public, and her expertise in this area is affirmed by over 5,500 citations of her articles in scientific journals (h-index 23), three edited books, and 10 years of associate editorship at the Journal of Positive Psychology. As lead consultant at Liquid Amber, she is a digital health executive and scientific advisor with deep knowledge of scientific and regulatory strategy in digital therapeutics, as well as clinical product design, including coaching strategy. Prior to her work in industry, she was an associate professor of psychology at Hiram College, where she taught courses in positive psychology, abnormal psychology, research methodology, and critical writing. For the past 20 years, she has made it her mission to bring evidence-based, destigmatized health care to the public.
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
| Erscheinungsdatum | 07.10.2024 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Washington DC |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 178 x 254 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sozialpsychologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4338-3928-8 / 1433839288 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4338-3928-3 / 9781433839283 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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