PSYC437

The field of applied psychology has placed its attention primarily on pathology at the individual, social and organizational levels, and on its amelioration: what psychology can do to reduce human suffering. More recently, the field of psychology has broadened to examine positive experience and effective ways to pursue well-being, fulfillment, and happiness. In this course, students will examine scientific research focused on the nature of happiness and other positive aspects of human experience. We will examine theory and research and will apply that knowledge in developing research projects with the aim of expanding our understanding of happiness and other related constructs.