drawing on positive psychology

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Drawing from Positive Psychology research we discussed throughout the semester,  (1) review and summarize Positive psychology research to answer the following three questions: (a) “what does it mean to live a pleasant life”? (b) “what does it mean to live an engaged (full) life”?, and (c) “what does it mean to live a meaningful life”? End this section with general purpose of your project (e.g., “The purpose of our final project was to conduct a qualitative survey study to gather information as to whether pursuit of pleasant, engaging, and meaningful life leads to high level of life satisfaction as suggested by Positive Psychology research summarized above.”) The lit. review is worth 25 pts; must be at least one FULL page long, based on at least five (5) primary sources (be sure to include APA style format in-text citations). (2) choose, at random, three (3) people (preferably different ages and cultural backgrounds; your Methods/Participants section) to interview them about their views of what does it mean to live a pleasant/engaged/meaningful life and whether (if so, how?) pursuit of all three contributes to their life satisfaction (your Methods/Procedure section). Type up the summary of your findings in detail (who said what; your Results section). In your Discussion section, reflect on the activity’s general findings (i.e., do they support past research results summarized in your lit. review?) and share your own answer to the question, reflecting whether (if so, how) your view about pleasant, engaged, and meaningful life characteristics has changed due to the knowledge you gained through readings, presenting on Positive Psychology theory and research, and completing the HW activities (e.g., engaging in random acts of kindness, expressing gratitude, exploring and using your strengths, widening your social network, to name a few). This part of your paper is worth 25 pts and must be at least one FULL page long. Paper APA Format and Writing Quality (worth 10 pts): The paper must be at least 2 FULL pages in length (excluding title, abstract/five keywords, and references list pages) and written using APA style format: double-spaced and in Times New Roman 12-point font, black ink, 1” margins on all sides. Failure to do so will result in a loss of points. Your references list must include at least 5 primary sources (i.e, scholar peer-reviewed articles) published within the past 10 years (i.e., 2010 – present).  You can find relevant article citations in your textbook.