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Introduction to Positive Psychology Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar
Module 1 Lesson 1: Introduction
To get the most out of each lesson—to learn what you want to learn—and give your brain a boost, we have created a Session Guide for each lesson. We suggest you print this out and even place it in a binder so that it is easily accessible as you watch the videos. This way, at the end of the course, you will have a comprehensive set of notes, and most importantly, have your own documentation of important insights you want to remember and actions you want to take on an ongoing basis. These personal notes can be referred to again and again as you build constructive habits over the long-term. Your Notes for Video 1.A Suggestion: As you watch the video, you may want to use these notes pages to capture the points you want to remember.
(9:26) Bridging Ivory Tower and Main Street
(0:0) Tal’s Introduction
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Introduction to Positive Psychology Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar
Module 1 Lesson 1: Introduction
(11:08) Focusing on What Works
(15:03) The Importance of the Questions that We Ask
(16:36) Cambridge-Somerville Study
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Introduction to Positive Psychology Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar
Module 1 Lesson 1: Introduction
28:00 Time-In: What’s one question you can ask about either your personal life or something that’s happening at work that can help you focus on what works?
Fortifying Your Neural Connections What do you especially want to remember from this session? Take a minute to review your notes and highlight, star, or summarize below what you want to remember. Based on what you’ve learned so far, what is one small doable goal you have for yourself? Remember to make it something that matters to you.
(22:16) Learning from What Works
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Introduction to Positive Psychology Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar
Module 1 Lesson 1: Introduction
What is one small doable action you can take in the next 24 hours that will help you start on that goal? How will you reward yourself once you’ve taken that action? (e.g., mental or physical pat on the back, check it off your to-do list, tell someone you did it, take a walk, play a game, talk with a friend, anything that brings you pleasure).
Congratulations! You have already completed one-third of the videos for the first lesson.
You’re making progress. Continue on with video 1.B.
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Introduction to Positive Psychology Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar
Module 1 Lesson 1: Introduction
Your Notes for Video 1.B Before you get started with this next video, you may want to take a few minutes to review your notes from Video 1.A. This will help strengthen the neural connections you made as you watched.
(0:0) Power of the Question: How many geometric shapes are there on the screen?
(5:15) Questions create reality
(6:04) in relationships (9:12) with children (9:52) in the workplace (10:31) on the national level (11:20) in our personal lives
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Introduction to Positive Psychology Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar
Module 1 Lesson 1: Introduction
(17:50) Time-In: The power of questions. Write down one or two questions you can ask yourself and others that can create a better reality in your personal and
professional life.
Fortifying Your Neural Connections What do you especially want to remember from this session? Take a minute to review your notes and highlight, star, or summarize below what you want to remember. Based on what you’ve learned so far, what is one small doable goal you have for yourself? Remember to make it something that matters to you.
(14:20) The importance of finding the right questions.
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Introduction to Positive Psychology Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar
Module 1 Lesson 1: Introduction
What is one small doable action you can take in the next 24 hours that will help you start on that goal? How will you reward yourself once you’ve taken that action? (e.g., mental or physical pat on the back, check it off your to-do list, tell someone you did it, take a walk, play a game, talk with a friend, anything that brings you pleasure).
Congratulations. You have already completed two-thirds of the first lesson. You’re making good progress. Continue on with video 1.C.
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Introduction to Positive Psychology Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar
Module 1 Lesson 1: Introduction
Video 1.C—Your Notes Before you get started with this next video, you may want to take a few minutes to review the notes you took as you watched Video 1.B. This will help strengthen the neural connections you made as you watched that video.
(:50) Research: The Pygmalion Effect (Robert Rosenthal)
(0:0) High Expectations
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Introduction to Positive Psychology Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar
Module 1 Lesson 1: Introduction
(9:36) The Story of Marva Collins
(18:15) Marva Collins’ Way
(25:14) Tal’s Summary
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Introduction to Positive Psychology Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar
Module 1 Lesson 1: Introduction
Fortifying Your Neural Connections What do you especially want to remember from this session? Take a minute to review your notes and highlight, star, or summarize below what you want to remember. Based on what you’ve learned so far, what is one small doable goal you have for yourself? Remember to make it something that matters to you. What is one small doable action you can take in the next 24 hours that will help you start on that goal? How will you reward yourself once you’ve taken that action? (e.g., mental or physical pat on the back, check it off your to-do list, tell someone you did it, take a walk, play a game, talk with a friend, anything that brings you pleasure).
Congratulations. You have already completed the videos for the first lesson. You’re making great progress. Now it’s time for reflection.
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Introduction to Positive Psychology Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar
Module 1 Lesson 1: Introduction
Reflection One of the best ways to clarify in your own mind what you’ve been learning (and to strengthen your neural connections) is to look for examples in your own life that support what you’ve been learning.
Please select one of the two reflections below and take a few minutes to describe what occurred.
Reflection 1
Think back to two particularly happy periods in your life, each lasting for at least a month. Briefly describe the two experiences. What was it about these experiences that contributed to your happiness? What can you learn from these experiences of what might make you happy in the future?
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Reflection 2
Write about a person who has helped you realize your potential, whether a parent, a teacher you had in third grade, your partner, or someone you worked with. What was it about that person that helped you? What did that person do or say to bring out the best in you? Next, reflect on how you can be that person to someone else, whether your child, your partner, or your employee.
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Introduction to Positive Psychology Dr. Tal Ben-Shahar
Module 1 Lesson 1: Introduction
Reading Here is some reading we’ve selected to expand and fortify your thinking for this session of the module. Seligman, M. E. P. Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-being. New York: Free Press, 1987. Print. Csikszentmihalyi, M. Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement with Everyday Life. New York: Basic Books, 1998. Print. Seligman, M. E. P., Parks, A. C. A., & Steen, T. A. “Balanced Psychology and a Full Life.” The Royal Society (2004): 1379-1381. Web. 24 Jan. 2012. Gable, S. L. & Haidt, J. “What (and Why) Is Positive Psychology?” Review of General Psychology 9.2 (2005): 103-110. Print. Seligman, M. E. P. & Csikszentmihalyi, M. “Positive Psychology: An Introduction.” American Psychologist 55 (200). 5-14. Print.
