PSY660 POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
| Course Code: | 2330660 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Psychology |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
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| Offered Semester: | Fall or Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
Course Content
This course is designed to provide students with a broad background in positive psychology by covering such topics as subjective and psychological well-being; importance of having a positive affective outlook, and positive interpersonal relationships; optimism, hope, and self-efficacy; the interplay between positive affect and cognitive processes; optimal experiences involving mindfulness, flow, and creativity; authenticity, wisdom, courage, compassion, empathy, altruism, gratitude, forgiveness, positive responses to ´loss´, and spirituality. A cross-cutting theme of the course involves self- and context-related differences in the issues considered.