Community College of Philadelphia New Era of Positive Psychology Paper

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Brainstorming/Outlining Space respond according to this video https://www.ted.com/talks/martin_seligman_on_the_s...

Introduction (Paragraph 1):

Hook:

Main points about “3 happy lives”:

Thesis:

Analysis (Paragraph 2):

Do you experience the “3 happy lives”? If so, which ones?

Examples to support above from video and your life experiences:

Intervention Synthesis (Paragraph 3):

Intervention for boosting happiness you will discuss, explain what it is/does:

Your previous/current ideas about boosting happiness, give some examples:

How are your ideas about boosting happiness and Seligman’s different or similar?

Intervention Reflection (Paragraph 4):

Which intervention did you try?

What did you do?

How did it go?

What did you learn?

Conclusion (Paragraph 5):

  • Summary of main points:
  • Why is this important?

finally,

Create a Works Cited page that includes just one source: Seligman's video. Because it's just one source, the title of the page should be Work Cited (notice no "s" because it's a single source). Make sure you use MLA 8 formatting. No need to put a heading, but do put a header with your last name and page number.

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The “3 Happy Lives” and Interventions: Seligman’s Ideas and their Application
According to Martin Seligman, psychologists have come up with 120 interventions
that they believed could improve positive psychological effects on human beings. This is in an
attempt to try and use positive psychology to make people happier, for instance, through
making miserable people less miserable, in addition to curing patients with mental illnesses.
The “3 happy lives” include the pleasant life, which is focused on emotions and the
ability to enhance it (TedTalk). The second happy life is the life of engagement, which is
mostly social and defined by one’s relationship with workmates, friends, relatives, and
the rest of human environment surrounding them (TedTalk). A third life is the
meaningful life (TedTalk) which is achieved when one feels that they have accomplished
their purpose, or they are on their way to doing so. This paper looks at my experience
with the three happy lives and some interventions as Martin Seligman describe them.
Currently, I believe that I am experiencing the second happy life; the life of
engagement (TedTalk). I am able to maintain good relationships with my partner, family,
friends, schoolmates, and colleagues. Although there are moments I get into arguments or
conflicts, I have learned the art of making right of my wrongs. The fact that I resolve
issues with people quick enough makes me live without grades, thus socially happier. I
believe that I am not badly off considering emotional happiness, as I am always working

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hard to avoid negative emotions such as anger (TedTalk), although I have realized that
they affect my happiness a great deal. In consideration of living a meaningful life
(TedTalk), I am still working towards achieving it. I feel that my studies will assist me
gain sufficient basics that will make me a great problem solver in the society. Currently, I
am in no position of assisting people professionally or through decisions like powerful
people do, which I believe will enhance my meaningful happy life.
One intervention that can be used to boost happiness according to Seligman is a
gratitude visit. It involves visiting someone who has done something that impressed you
and thanking him or her for it by reading to them a testimonial, about 300 words
(TedTalk). I believe that this intervention can work with me, but it can be done in a
slightly different manner. I feel that it will be essential to show gratitude to my parents. I
will visit them with two bunches of red roses, one for each one of them, and with a note
that says;
“I have come to appreciate all that you did for me; and I can never repay you for
it. I will forever owe you! THAN YOU!”
The difference between my gratitude visit and Seligman’s example is that flowers and a
shorter note accompany mine, while his has a longer note and no flowers.
After designing the gratitude visit above, I bough two bunches of flowers and
made a note for each. I never called to notify my parents I was going, but they are always
at home on Sunday afternoons. After knocking, I gave them the flowers, and they were
somehow surprised. My mother could...


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