1. Lesson 2 - Introduction to Positive Psychology: Learning by Doing
2. Road Map
3. The Main Goal of PSYCH 243
4. The History of PSYCH 243
5. The History of Positive Psychology
6. Do Positive Psychologists Know More than Sunday School Teachers?
7. The Three Pillars of Positive Psychology
8. Active Learning
9. The Meaning of Free Choice
10. How Do We Achieve Freedom?
11. The Importance of Realism
12. Are You Ready for Change?
13. What Will You Change?
14. Lesson Activity

What Will You Change?

Okay, you've decided to make some changes in your life. But what changes? This course covers a range of options, from eliminating emotional and behavioral problems to acquiring new positive states and traits. As you choose among the options, it might be useful to recall the serenity prayer, attributed to Johann Christoph Oetinger from the 1760s and adapted later by Reinhold Niebuhr of Alcoholics Anonymous:

• God grant me the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change;
• The Courage to change the things I can; and
• The Wisdom to know the difference.

Hopefully this course will provide you with some assistance in making wise choices about improving your life.