During Thursday’s class, I learned how to write a proper thesis statement. We learned the acronym TPS to help us compose a thesis sentence. In order to write a thesis, you must have a Topic, Position, and Support. After writing the thesis, each point in the paper should relate back to the thesis sentence.
Also in Thursday’s class, I worked on my findings section. To begin, I wrote a starting sentence relating to my TPS thesis. I found it difficult to write my intro sentence into the findings section because I have mixed feelings about how the “three good things” affected my well being. I’m going to try and argue that the “three good things” didn’t improve my well being in a week but using PERMA did improve my well-being. I think this class period was very important. Learning about the thesis sentence and tips on writing it really benefited me. Learning acronyms do help me because it is like a checklist making sure you have covered every point of the acronym in your paper. Also working on the intro into the findings section pushed me to get started on this section.
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For the research project, the question we were asked: Can the “three good things” gratitude process have a positive impact on my well-being? After reading over this question, I started by learning about positive psychology and its effects on well-being. I also watched Martin Seligman’s Ted Talk on positive psychology. Watching the founder of positive psychology talk about well-being and positive psychology was helpful. Also listening to someone talk about the topic rather than reading made me pay attention more to the details.
Over the past couple weeks, I tested a process of “three good things”. For this project, I wrote down three positive things that happened to me daily. This process tested if positive psychology could improve my well-being. After doing this for a week, I felt as if writing down the moments was a drag and a chore and I didn’t have much interest in it. Next, I analyzed the journal entries using PERMA: positive emotions, engagement, relationships, meaning, accomplishment. I read every entry and applied the PERMA model to each entry. Even though I thought the daily journal entries were a drag, I discovered in my PERMA analysis that family was very important to me. When I am with my family, I am happiest. So spending time with my family overall makes me happier which is beneficial to my well-being. I think doing the “three good things” journal entries did help giving me data for my research process. For starting my research paper, I have almost all of the information I need to start writing my paper. I am ready to start my introduction. For the literature review, I had to answer seven questions talking about positive psychology, gratitude, and well-being. I answered these questions in class but I want to further develop my answers for a more clear understanding. After doing this, I can write the paper having all of the information I need. To prepare me for a research paper, I read What is Positive Psychology & Why is it Important? (Positive Psychology Program), Greater Good in Action: Science-Based Practices for a Meaningful Life (UC Berkeley’s Project Home Page), and Three Good Things (Greater Good in Action). Over the timeframe of a week, I tested out the “Three Good Things” project. I wrote down three positive things each day to help me focus on more positive moments.
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