Introduction to Positive Psychology and Positive Personality Traits

Learn how to detect and develop positive personality traits in this free online psychology and self-help course.

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Learning Outcomes

In this free course, you will learn how to:

Explain the importance of psychology
Analyze the difference between ‘Indian psychology’ and ‘psychology in India’
Discuss the connections between Indian psychology and positive psychology
Explain how data is collected and interpreted in the field of psychology
Recall the various types of research in psychology
Define the concepts of ‘character strength’ and ‘virtue’
Outline the various ways to assess them
Discuss the early psychodynamic or psychoanalytic ideas of ‘optimal personality’
Analyze the different theories of character strengths and virtues
Describe the classification and measures of such traits
Summarize Donald Clifton's ‘thirty-four themes of character strengths and virtues’

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