Miss Lynn Assignment Only Pos Psych

Humanity and Justice

5.4 Positive Psychology at the Movies

Description Choose a film from the list below to watch from the perspective of teamwork, fairness or leadership. Don't watch the film for entertainment! To get the most benefit from viewing positive psychology movies, focus on how the characters and the plot of the film portray the elements or concepts under study and then consider the response guidelines below.

· Teamwork

· As It Is In Heaven (2004, Sweden)

· Hotel Rwanda (2004)

· Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

· The Way Back (2011)

· Fairness

· 12 Angry Men (1957)

· Avatar (2009)

· Norma Rae (1979)

· To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

· Leadership

· Gandhi (1982)

· Glory (1989)

· Invictus (2009)

· Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

Journal Guidelines After viewing the film, consider the following guidelines and record your thoughts and insights into your Word document journal so that you can later copy what you record into your second written assignment (Positive Psychology Journal Submission Two).

· In a paragraph or two, describe the movie or a scene from the movie in enough detail to convey how the element of teamwork, fairness, or leadership is illustrated.

· How was watching this film from a positive psychology viewpoint meaningful to me?

· How can I incorporate information from this film regarding the character strengths of the virtue of justice into my personal or professional life?