PSY409 - Positive Psychology

SEMESTER FALL 2019 POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY (PSY409) Assignment No.01 Marks: 20 Lesson No: 07 POSITIVE EMOTIONS Upon successful completion of this assignment students will be able to understand the role of positive emotions in overcoming negative emotions. Dear Students, Fredrickson (2000) proposed the Broaden-and-build model and believed that positive emotions can undo the effects of negative emotions. Keeping in mind the upward spiral of positive emotions, your task is to answer the following questions: a) Explain all four elements of upward spiral and their relation with each other. (24=8 marks) b) Explain a stressful event (experience of negative emotions) from your life. (3 marks) c) Thinking about stressful event, you are supposed to Indicate, Identify and explain (in the below mentioned table) how experience of positive emotions helped you in undoing the experience of experience of negative emotions, broaden your temporary thought-action, build your enduring personal resources and transform and produce you: Identification 15 (5) Explanation 1*5 (5) Due Date: 28.11.2019 Assignment Objectives: Negative Emotion Experience of Positive Emotion Broaden thoughts & actions Build long- lasting Personal Resources Transform People and Produce Note: Only in the case of Assignment, 24 hours extra / grace period after the due date is usually available to overcome uploading difficulties which may be faced by the students on last date. This extra time should only be used to meet the emergencies and above mentioned due dates should always be treated as final to avoid any inconvenience. Important Instructions: Please read the following instructions carefully before attempting the assignment solution. Deadline:  Make sure that you upload the solution file before the due date. No assignment will be accepted through e-mail once the solution has been uploaded by the instructor. Formatting guidelines:  Use the font style “Times New Roman”/ “Arial” and font size “12”.  It is advised to compose your document in MS-Word 2003.  Use black and blue font colors only. Solution guidelines:  Every student will work individually and has to write in the form of an analytical assignment.  Give the answer according to question.  For acquiring the relevant knowledge don’t rely only on handouts but watch the video lectures and use other reference books also. Rules for Marking Please note that your assignment will not be graded or graded as Zero (0) if:  It has been submitted after due date  The file you uploaded does not open or is corrupt  It is in any format other than doc (MS. Word)  It is cheated or copied from other students, internet, books, journals etc…

SEMESTER FALL 2019 POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY (PSY409) Assignment No.02 Due Date: 22.01.2020 Assignment Objectives: Upon the successful completion of this assignment students will be able to:  Learn about mindfulness  Understand the qualities that a mindful person possesses  Learn to measure the level of mindfulness  Understand about mindfulness enhancement exercises Assignment questions: i) Write a note on mindfulness and highlight its importance in human life. 5 ii) Shapiro et al. (2002) suggested some qualities of mindfulness. You are supposed to have your self-analysis and report at least three qualities you possess. You will also mention examples from your own life where you possess these qualities. 6 iii) You will assess your own level of mindfulness by downloading a scale entitled “Mindful Attention Awareness Scale” from download section of VULMS. You are required to Marks: 20 Mindfulness Qualities 13 (3) Examples 13 (3) administer this scale on yourself, compute the scores. Report your quantitative scores and also provide qualitative interpretation of the obtained scores. 5 iv) Suggest any two mindfulness exercises and highlight how these will work. 4 Marking scheme: Q1: 5 marks Q2: 3+3=6 Marks Q3: 5 Marks Q4: 2+2= 4 Marks Note: Only in the case of Assignment, 24 hours extra / grace period after the due date is usually available to overcome uploading difficulties which may be faced by the students on last date. This extra time should only be used to meet the emergencies and above mentioned due dates should always be treated as final to avoid any inconvenience. Important Instructions: Please read the following instructions carefully before attempting the assignment solution. Deadline:  Make sure that you upload the solution file before the due date. No assignment will be accepted through e-mail once the solution has been uploaded by the instructor. Formatting guidelines:  Use the font style “Times New Roman”/ “Arial” and font size “12”.  It is advised to compose your document in MS-Word 2003.  Use black and blue font colors only. Solution guidelines:  Every student will work individually and has to write in the form of an analytical assignment.  Give the answer according to question.  For acquiring the relevant knowledge don’t rely only on handouts but watch the video lectures and use other reference books also. Rules for Marking Please note that your assignment will not be graded or graded as Zero (0) if:  It has been submitted after due date  The file you uploaded does not open or is corrupt  It is in any format other than doc (MS. Word)  It is cheated or copied from other students, internet, books, journals etc…