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February 21, 2015 at 10:18 pm

Awesome. Coursera is a great resource! And positive psychology is cool. Many of the courses I’ve taken rely of pathologizing certain behaviors, so this course would probably help add some needed balance.

July 15, 2015 at 2:38 pm

Clark: I agree, it definitely seems like people often focus more on negative emotions and negative behaviors (what psychologists call the “bad is stronger than good” effect), so we need positive psychology to balance things out 🙂

 

There’s really interesting research suggesting that positive emotions help us to be more creative and to build relationships, so I am sure this will be a great class!

November 2, 2021 at 9:45 pm

what do you all think the role of positive psychology is in an ever polarised world like ours? I have been wondering abt this question for a long time