Positive Psychology CenterPsychology 709 Syllabus
Positive Psychology
Martin Seligman
1999-2000
We will meet on various Wednesdays from 4 pm to 6 pm in Wynnewood. You will collectively lead the seminar. Each student will write a short paper for each meeting about your best research thought or questions about the readings and prepare a final portfolio. There are no examinations.
| Date | Topic | Primary Source (#s refer to chapters) |
| 9/29/99 | Introduction | |
| 10/20/99 | Well-Being | PH 1-5 |
| 11/10/99 | Traits | PH 6-10 |
| 12/1/99 | Optimism | LO 1-5 |
| 12/15/99 | In the Realms & Changing | LO 6-15 |
| 1/26/00 | Heritability | H all |
| 2/9/00 | Memes | W first half |
| 2/24/00 | Genes | W second half |
| 3/1/00 | Flow | F first half |
| 3/28/00 | Flow | F second half |
| 4/5/00 | Emotional Intelligence | EI first half |
| 4/22/00 | Emotional Intelligence | EI second half |
Primary Source Reading
The Pursuit of Happiness. (PH)
David G. Myers. Avon (originally Aquarian)
Learned Optimism. (LO)
Martin Seligman. Pocket Books, 1991
Flow (F)
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. Harper and Row, 1991
Happiness (H)
David Lykken. Golden Books, 1999
Emotional Intelligence (EI)
Daniel Goleman. Bantam. 1995
NonZero: The Logic of Human Destiny (W)
Robert Wright, Pantheon, Feb. 2000