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About the Course

Positive interventions are one of the building blocks for the application of positive psychology in our day-to-day lives. In this course taught by Dr. James Pawelski, we explore positive interventions through theory, research and practice. We provide learners the basic tools for using and measuring positive psychology in professional or personal contexts. Suggested prerequisite: Positive Psychology: Martin E. P. Seligman’s Visionary Science....

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XL

Apr 16, 2020

A comprehensive introductory view of validated positive interventions in positive psychology, adopting a hands-on approach in assignments to allow all participants to engage in the practices timely.

SS

Mar 28, 2021

AMAZING. I love Dr. Pawelski! The way he teaches is extremely easy to understand by using examples. This course itself was also entertaining and inspirational. It can definitely apply to real life.

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By Angel O P

Oct 24, 2022

Nicr course.

By Dante

Jun 8, 2022

Great content

By Christina B

Jun 29, 2018

The content of this course was wonderful. However, it was difficult to do some of the assignments because so much depended on working with others on the assignments. I think this goal is wonderful, but we cannot control the availability of others. It makes it especially difficult if one does not have a romantic partner or is in the middle of a difficult situation with a life partner that prevents the completion of these exercises. The assignments were not always clear either. I was not always clear on what I was supposed to do and then to report. And many of the links were broken. I also found it to be an almost overwhelming amount of information. Again, I think I did gain valuable information; I like the lectures and enjoyed the reading material, but though the overall structure and assignments could have been clearer. Perhaps some study guides or organized downloads may have helped.

By Sanika

Mar 9, 2018

It was a very illuminating and engrossing course. The varied practical positive intervention methods were enormously helpful. The rigorous assignment pattern also kept you attentive and involved.

However as I did this course immediately after Martin Seligman's Visionary Science course, many topics and lectures felt repetitive and did not add much to what I already knew. It also felt that the lectures were too short and the assignments too much. Also several times James Pawelski narrated personal stories and examples which were illuminating but also most of the times something i couldn't relate to and hence couldn't understand some concepts.

I do hope these things, can be improved upon as I feel it would make a good course truly great.

By Liene S

Feb 12, 2022

I do like the content of this course, but because there are so many assignments, you permanently have to wait for others to review and finish their owns. Learning on on pace is with that reduced what was especially for me really annoying as I am usually much faster and waiting can really destroy the overall experience.

But also the fact that it was announced like "as faster you learn, as less you pay" that also not true its quite obvious you are kept as long as possible in those courses.

By Antoni S

Jun 30, 2018

I was disappointed with this course because it was too philosophical and didn't present enough research data to back its interventions. It's difficult to start implementing these interventions if you don't know why they would work. Also, the assignment instructions weren't specific enough.On the other hand, the interventions were useful and I liked the way James Pawelski presented his ideas. Overall, it was a decent course but not the best one from this specialisation.

By Valentin

Apr 28, 2019

Quizs should be enhanced. Some of the questions appeared not representative of the lessons. Some explanations seemed insuficient (red/green cape, although later it is posible to get the point, the explanation of the hope test poor). Last part of the course was more complete, the lectures were more complete.

By Amy K

Nov 19, 2017

The course had valuable information and I enjoyed the instructor. However, we touched on so many methodologies that we did not go deep. Some of the final session assignments were not clearly described. A few of the links did not work.

By Bob R

Jul 2, 2017

Good content but poorly presented. The antique and glitchy Coursera platform does you no favors.

I was disappointed to see so much Seligman worship. Please stop it.

By Stephanie S

Mar 20, 2021

I think the course was a bit too focused on Mr. Pawelski's personal experiences and lacked information about literature and research.

By Ani B

Dec 28, 2021

Watching the videos got boring. Good content, but watching a talking head for hours on end was dull. I lost motivation

By Andrew

Jan 15, 2018

Good though sometimes seems a bit about selling books. The content is also book based summaries plus anecdotes.

By Tim H

May 30, 2018

It was a little difficult to understand everything from the way it was presented, it wasn't always clear

By Печенкина А А

May 22, 2020

It almost just repeated the previous course and there was too little of exercices

By Davide M

Jul 5, 2018

too many things to improve in just one course! Very hard to apply

By Charlene M

Dec 29, 2019

The homework is a bit too personal for posting.

By Dennis K

Mar 19, 2019

The content is great.

By Micheal J L

Jun 2, 2023

This course felt like it could have been something great if they gave more attention to how it was being taught and the way it was laid out. It was very messy, and not really concrete. I feel like he mainly talked about himself? There's not one thing I remember about this course besides the (overuse?) of the cape metaphor.

I just wish Marty was in here from time to time explaining things, seeing as it started with him.

I think you'd have better chances with "The Science of Well-Being" instead of this one.

By Botond F

Jan 25, 2022

After finishing the first course, I've expected a deep dive into research and applications, as the title suggested. I felt the course was not thought out well, the lessons were annoyingly long for the superficial content they were trying to convey. The talks were repetitive and extremely vague. It was a disappointment.

By Laura M

Sep 12, 2022

Not to be negative about a positivity course, but I was disappointed that this course contains absolutely no science; it's all a bunch of fluffy philosophy and common sense. The course feels like it's designed for a child; did not learn anything.

By Eila Z

Oct 10, 2020

The firts part of this course is really good. Didn't like this one nearly as much, the instructor is not very engaging and I think some lessons were a little boring and not that relevant, like the strenghts chat with his wife.

By Gail H

Mar 13, 2018

Graphics would have helped those of us who are visual spatial learners. Also, some of the quizzes really weren't indicative of the themes of the course.

By Tamara B

Apr 15, 2019

I would like to have some references about these subjects. It would be nice to have tips for good research articles and so on..

By Fabien C

Aug 14, 2018

too high level, too far from the reality, not concrete enough for me