This course is part of Foundations of Positive Psychology Specialization.In this course, you are exposed to the foundational research in resilience, including protective factors such as mental agility and optimism. Several types of resilience interventions are explored including cognitive strategies; strategies to manage anxiety and increase positive emotions such as gratitude; and a critical relationship enhancement skill.
This course on Coursera, offered by the University of Pennsylvania, teaches resilience skills through positive psychology. It covers topics such as optimism, thinking traps, and character strengths, providing practical tools to enhance resilience and well-being. The Positive Psychology: Resilience Skills course is designed to help learners develop the skills needed to bounce back from adversity. It is suitable for anyone looking to improve their mental health and resilience, with no prior experience required. The course is flexible and can be completed at your own pace.
Welcome to Psychology at CMU. With nearly 30 award-winning faculty and almost 150 people in total, we are a vibrant community whose research continues our department's 100-year tradition of studying the deeper mechanisms and processes underlying human behavior and its social and neural bases. Innovation is in our DNA: our department has been at the center of helping create new scientific initiatives in artificial intelligence, cognitive science, neural-nets, the role of behavior and medicine and, more recently, university-wide efforts in brain research, artificial intelligence and the science of education.
The Department of Psychology at Florida State University is renowned for its world-class scholars and research excellence. It offers specialized doctoral programs and robust community outreach through affiliated mental health clinics.
The Department of Psychology at Emory University emphasizes the scientific study of behavior, offering undergraduate and graduate programs across various psychology disciplines. Emory University's Department of Psychology conducts wide-ranging research with humans and nonhuman animals, studying cognition, memory, learning, social behavior, and the biological bases of these capacities, as well as the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of psychopathology.