PSYCHOLOGY 131 - Special Topics in Psychology

Institution:

Claremont McKenna College

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Description:

Staff Special Topics in Psychology is designed to offer psychology majors an additional upper level seminar experience in an area specific to a faculty member's research. The topic of the class will change from semester to semester, and the content will reflect areas not already covered in other upper division psychology seminars. In addition, the Special Topics seminar will endeavor to have a multidisciplinary focus, so that students from other disciplines may be interested in enrolling in the class. Courses will often be cross-listed in other programs. Prerequisite: one psychology course or permission of instructor. In 2008-2009 the topic will be Chase and Hetts Success. Health. Love. Happiness. We all seek them. Positive psychology is the scientific examination of and the practice of developing methods for the promotion of human potential to achieve them - to help people confront challenges, appreciate others, and live lives of meaning and purpose. Psychology has had great success in studying and repairing "what went wrong" +ositive psychology explores how to prevent things from "going wrong" in the first place, and more importantly,to develop methods to help things "go right." Thiscourse reviews aspects of personality, social, cognitive, and clinical psychology as well as cognitive and social neuroscience to explore the emerging understanding of subjective well-being, flow, optimism, joy, creativity, strengths, virtues, and happiness, as well as methods for their promotion and to examine the application of those explorations to our day to day lives.

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1.50

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.claremontmckenna.edu/

Phone Number:

(909) 621-8000

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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