Positive Psychology Course Reflections by Kerry P

Directions

kerryjpusey — 2024-07-26 12:31:03 UTC

Think about the things we have learned and done in this course and write a short reflection (~50 words). What made an impression on you? What will you remember or 'take away' from this course? You can choose a specific concept or topic, or one of the major course themes, or the materials/ activities we engaged with, or something else! Feel free to be creative!

Kerry's reflection

kerryjpusey — 2024-07-26 12:40:55 UTC

Learning about my signature strengths was really interesting. Knowing that curiosity is one of my strengths, I can purposefully add activities to my daily life that allow me to exercise this strength.*(For me, curiosity overlaps with appreciation of beauty, and on almost a daily basis, I try to notice something new and aesthetically pleasing :)

Also learning more about my pessimistic tendencies was eye opening... I thought I was more optimistic! As the instructor, it was very rewarding to teach a content-based language class with such a wonderful group! It gave me lots of ideas about how to integrate content with language learning in future courses, and it made me think about future research ideas.

2024-07-26 13:11:55 UTC

I enjoyed the course. Although I would have liked to go more in-depth on certain aspects, I feel that I have learned more about the things I already knew. On the other hand, I really liked the audiovisual material of the course, the debates, and the proposed reflections.

Suguru's reflection

2024-07-26 13:17:10 UTC

In this class, I could learn some terms of positive psychology. Through that activities, I was able to achieve the ways how to express human's characteristics, feelings, and way of thinking. In addition, having presentation was the most valuable activity for me to speak what is in my mind. Also, oneof my favorite activities was that watching a video and have a small discussion. This has improved my listening skill and speaking skill. Students and Mr. Kerry are very kind, so I am feeling that I am lucky to be here.

REFLECTION!

2024-07-26 13:19:12 UTC

We learnt about positive psychology in this class. Positive psychology is different from other kinds of psychology I have met before. It is more positive(?). It mainly shows us what is right in our life. I can find my signiture strength by learning it , become more confident about myself and have the awareness to use my strength. Also, from my perspective, there must be other influence, but haven't appeared now. Speaking with my classmates and learning different words are also interesting parts of this class.

All in all, I like the class, my teacher and my classmates!!!

2024-07-26 13:19:59 UTC

Learning about my signature strengths in positive psychology was truly enlightening. I discovered that my core strengths are hope, ingenuity, integrity, forgiveness, and self-control. This insight allows me to intentionally incorporate these strengths into my daily life. For example, I can approach challenges with a hopeful mindset, use my ingenuity to solve problems creatively, maintain integrity in all my actions, practice forgiveness to build healthier relationships, and exercise self-control to achieve my long-term goals. This course has not only deepened my understanding of my own strengths but also provided valuable tools for personal growth and well-being.

Yuhang’s reflection

2024-07-26 13:20:10 UTC

Gratitude is what impresses me most in this mouth. We are always told to be grateful. It seems that it should be everyone’s instinct.But after feeling grateful and expressing gratitude,what will happen? Those who express gratitude and receive gratitude will be happy.But why?

In the course,I learned that what behind feeling grateful is the awareness of being supported and trusted. It motivated us,thus making us happy.

reflection

2024-07-26 13:20:17 UTC

I really enjoy this class. During the class, I learned many knowlegde about psychology. But I think the knowlegde of class may be to easy, maybe it is better to add more deep knowlegde. The best thing in the class is that I found my listening comprehension become better under the listening practise and my speaking English become better too!

Tina’s reflections

2024-07-26 13:20:18 UTC

The most interesting for me to know is that positive psychology is different the psychology I talked with my friends in China before this class. We focus on what is “good” with you. I have learnt many words here and really enjoyed the process to know signature strength and resilience. The small tests also helped me to learn about myself better. I also enjoyed the time spent with my friendly classmates and responsible teacher. I will keep thinking how to be positive after I return to China.

2024-07-26 13:20:31 UTC

Among other things, what I will remember from this class is that resilience helps overcome life's setbacks, and realistic optimism recognizes challenges without taking success for granted. Additionally, being grateful makes us happier and less depressive.

WangShinan's reflection

2024-07-26 13:21:22 UTC

I enjoyed this class very much and gained a lot from it. Kerry was careful and tolerant, patient with me and discussed with us the language mistakes we made. At the same time, I was very fond of psychology itself, which deeply touched me.I will always remember this lesson, and I wish Kerry all the best and happy every day.

2024-07-26 13:26:46 UTC

What impressed me most is Kerry’s teaching skills. The way that you using simple words to express complex meanings impressed me. Because my English is poor, so it’s amazing to make me understand almost every sentence.

2024-07-26 13:33:40 UTC

It was very interesting for me being part of this class, I'm very grateful with our teacher and with my classmates for the time we spend together.

I really enjoyed all the content of this class, but especially "Gratitude" because is a very important thing for being happy. Honestly, for me it is very difficult to express gratitude, I think we always need a push to express what we think about other person face to face, and this push may change for each person, some people need a big push, other people need little things to be grateful. I hope to practice more frequently and be more happy.

Final reflection

2024-07-26 13:43:32 UTC

During the course, I immerse myself in new subject that allowed me learn about my signature strengths and gave me some tools to work on how to improve or manage them. Also, I had the opportunity to gain a better understanding of the mean of the word resilience, and further I could make a research of one case of a study which gave the opportunity to improve my oral presentations and teamwork. I really enjoyed the classes!! Thank you so much!!