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About the Course

Learners discover how apply to research methods to their study of Positive Psychology. In this course, we study with Dr. Angela Duckworth and Dr. Claire Robertson-Kraft. Through an exploration their work "True Grit" and interviews with researchers and practitioners, you develop a research hypothesis and learn how to understand the difference between internal and external validity. You also begin to understand and apply the strengths and weaknesses associated with different types of measurements and evaluation designs. You then interpret the results in an empirical study. Suggested prerequisites: Positive Psychology: Martin E. P. Seligman’s Visionary Science and Positive Psychology: Applications and Interventions....

Top reviews

SM

Oct 21, 2022

An extremely well developed course about not such a simple topic ir research methods. The instructors broke the topics down into easy to learn bytes such that an interested learner can complete easily

RW

Dec 27, 2019

Though i have nightmares of research design from my undergraduate career, this puts a neat spin on it and reminds the sheer importance of it. Thanks for the reminder of what is important UPENN!

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By Ruben D C

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Sep 21, 2020

Excellent!!! I congratulate each of the people who gave their knowledge and experience in this course, they are people who have a lot of Grit !!

By Leonor A C

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Nov 18, 2019

Excelente curso. La forma en la que está organizado facilita el aprendizaje de un tema complejo como la Investigación en Psicología Positiva

By Hugo A J C

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Aug 14, 2019

excelente grandes herramientas que nos ayudan a comprender mejor la manera de hacer una buena metodologia de hacer hipotesis y verificarlas

By Gregorius W

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Jun 1, 2018

I think this course is very creative, not only it talk about grit but also to educate people on knowledge about proper scientific research.

By Dana Z

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Oct 26, 2020

Excellent! Really enjoyed the planning and intent with which the professors taught and incorporated "guest speakers" along with lectures.

By Louis P

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Dec 22, 2017

Not a stats person, but they made this part of the course easier to follow than I anticipated. Looking for more on line stats courses.

By Karen P S

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Oct 15, 2017

Outstanding course lectures/videos, supporting literature and content. I learned a tremendous amount of new material! Thank you!

By Janka J

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Aug 7, 2017

I studied statistics at achelor and MBA level. I am sure finally I understood the essence, the meaning of it :-) Thank you!

By Wenling W

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Jun 18, 2018

very good course which could help you know how to design your research and basic knowledge about reattach, worth to learn.

By Ka L L

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Apr 8, 2020

Thanks for teaching about research methods in such a fun way that helped me in navigating in more research-based courses.

By PRASHANT K M

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Apr 26, 2023

The lecture of Professor Angela is great, now time to tune in to check out her book on grit.

Thanks, and Regard

Prashant

By Mihály K

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Jul 7, 2020

I used to think I'm not interested in research methods, but this course opened my eyes and showed me the beauties of it.

By Robin L J

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Dec 31, 2017

This course is great for learning about how to discern statistics. Of course, it also includes the research on grit....

By Ma l C C

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Jul 7, 2018

I learned a lot from this course. It inspired me to conduct a research on well being parents and their parenting style

By Yasmin A

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Mar 11, 2018

Enjoyed Angela Duckworth's lectures and I learned a lot about research methods. I'm fascinated with the study of grit.

By Rodrigo F

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Jul 2, 2017

Awesome mix of instructors. Made me understand how research is done. One more step on the positive psychology ladder.

By Jens H

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Jul 21, 2017

Perhaps a tad too many videos and peer-graded assignments but overall highly informative. Thank you for this course!

By Elaine T

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Sep 1, 2017

I really learned a lot in the class, more detailed than I imagined. Thank you both for the invaluable instruction!

By Sana K

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Jul 7, 2023

Got an excellent approach for learning research method in Positive Psychology domain.

Thanks to the instructors.

By Zanora L B E

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Aug 5, 2021

Enjoyed this class and getting a better understanding of research methods, research analysis and application!

By Monica A

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Sep 17, 2017

I enjoy very much the material and the videos of Dr. Angela . I read the book and liked it very much as well.

By Anurag S

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Feb 8, 2020

Good for students who wish to start their Masters/PhD in positive psychology to understand research methods.

By Inza S

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Dec 28, 2019

This is helping me understand the dynamics of the teachers' environment and why they need the extra "zest"

By Rebecca D

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Apr 3, 2018

I learned more about interpreting journal articles from this course than my graduate level research class.

By William B C

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Sep 15, 2017

This course was gritty and deep. I felt appropriately challenged. Highly recommended and worth while.