Positive psychology focuses on enhancing the functioning of human beings from the standpoint of mental wellness, not mental illness. It investigates, among other things, what makes individuals happy. It explores the positive strengths of life such as hope, wisdom, inventiveness, and spirituality. 

• The first paragraph will describe a topic that you found particularly interesting during that week and what made it interesting
• The second paragraph will describe something that you have observed occurring in the real world that exemplified that topic.

 Kelland, M. (2017, July 07). Personality Theory. OER Commons. Retrieved September 29, 2024, from https://oercommons.org/authoring/22859-personality-theory. 

 Allport, G. W. (1961). Pattern and growth in personality. 

 Csikszentmihalyi, M., Seligman, M. E., & Csikszentmihalyi, M. (2014). Positive psychology: An introduction. Flow and the Foundations of Positive Psychology: The Collected Works of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, 279-298.