In this Assignment, you will assess your own life within the framework of positive psychology. Specifically, you will assess and reflect upon your self-awareness, ability to manage emotional responses, employ social skills, find personal motivation, and make choices that support personal happiness and satisfaction. Prepare a 3- to 4-page paper (double spaced, APA format in style and references) addressing the following points:
Write an introduction that provides an overview of positive psychology concepts, making reference to the course materials and/or other credible sources.
Summarize the set of skills that is generally accepted to comprise emotional intelligence.
Explain how these skills contribute to or detract from your own health and wellness. Support your response with a discussion that references the course reading(s) and includes applied examples from your own life.
Summarize the focus of Dan Gilbert’s research related to conditions that promote or interfere with happiness. Explain at least two factors that interfere with the ability to predict future happiness.
Discuss how these concepts influence your own health and wellness. Support your response with a discussion that references the reading and includes applied examples from your own life.
Write a plan to strengthen your psychological health and wellness based on the concepts of positive psychology presented in the readings. Your plan should:
Describe the areas that you want to improve upon,
Explain how doing so will improve your emotional well-being, and
Discuss at least two specific psychological strategies you will use and how they reflect concepts of positive psychology.
Discuss at least two peer-reviewed research articles that justify the scientific validity of your plan.
Provide a summarizing conclusion that reviews the relevance of theories of positive psychology to health in general and reflects upon the value of this research to improving your own health.