Introduction
Because of the negative factors that have the most deplorable impact on most people nowadays, positive psychology as a means of letting a certain amount of positive emotions into people’s lives is absolutely inevitable.
Once considering the specifics of one’s character and realizing the issues that prevent the given person from efficient work and the relaxation, one can come up with specific ideas on how to improve the existing situation. With the help of the given chronicles, the mechanisms of people’s emotions and the change in the latter can be approached.
Thus, analyzing the peculiarities of people’s strengths, one is likely to come to certain conclusions about the role of positive psychology in the modern life and its impact on people.
Positivity Ratio Assessment
Allowing me to assess the emotional state that I am most often in, the given activity offers rather fruitful discoveries concerning my own character and the main features of the temper.
Although the given test suggests only the figures that imply quite concise information, the Positivity Ratio Assessment is a perfect way to learn if the situation requires certain improvement.
The Positivity Ratio Assessment allowed me to evaluate the degree of positivity in my vision of the world. Providing a statement and offering me to evaluate how close to the truth the given statements are, the test allows to single out certain features of my character. The test helped me to figure out how positive my thinking is.
It is important to mark that in the given assignment, it is quite essential that five variations of answering the question are offered so that the results of the test could be more precise and, therefore, more credible. However, it is still worth keeping in mind that, even answering the questions of the test, one might not be sincere enough.
According to the obtained results, the score equals 1.17, which means that certain improvements should be made. Positioned as the “tipping point” (Fredrickson 2009) of the test, score 1.17 presupposes that certain progress towards a more positive life perception can be made.
Satisfaction with Life Scale
I must mark that Satisfaction with Life Scale questionnaire presupposes much more room for specific clarifications and comments on each of the questions, and, thus, a larger variety of results.
The score that was the result of answering each of the questions made 31, since the points from 1 to 6 were labeled as “Strongly Agree” (as cited in Snyder, Lopez & Pedrotti, 2011, p.130), while the last question concerning the changes that could have been made in my life and implying the regrets of the past were labeled as “Slightly Agree” (as cited in Snyder, Lopez & Pedrotti, 2011, p.130).
It was rather peculiar to find out that my life was not quite satisfactory for me; in addition, I managed to make certain assumptions on how to make my life better. It seems that I should use the opportunities that I have to achieve the desirable state. However, I think that the questions should be more subtle, which will help in obtaining more precise results.
Resolution Chart
Speaking of the Resolution Chart offered by Nicole Zuber (Capella University, n.d.), one should explain that, allowing to draw the plan for the future and outline the goals, the given scheme also allows to track the efficiency of the performance and the ability to follow the plan.
According to the results mentioned in the chronicles, two goals were made, namely, learning about the current innovations in the specified sphere of psychology and marking the stages of the progress in a specific diary. It must be admitted that, though the information concerning the innovations has been obtained, I did not fill in the diary, which means that I will have to work on my persistence and organization skills.
However, I can still assume that my organizational skills require certain training, whereas the communicative skills are already well developed, according to the results of the test. Therefore, I will have to approach scheduling and planning in a more responsible manner.
Strengths Finders Assessment
According to the results that have been recorded in the StrengthsFinder 2.0 Report (2011), the most essential strengths that the author of the given paper possesses are the creativity and the ability to take immediate decisions. However, according to the test, there is certain lack of diligence and a bit of absent-mindedness that accompanies the given qualities.
Speaking of the rest of the strengths that the StrengthsFinder 2.0 has indicated, namely, the Restorative, the Includer, the Arranger, Positivity, and the Achiever, one must mention the agility and the ability to arrange things into an orderly plan.
In addition, the given test indicates that the author of the paper is positive and tending to achieve the established goals, which means that the author of the given paper should focus on the organizational skills and at the same time train composure and the ability to relax.
However, since the test does have certain limitations concerning the number of questions and the areas covered, the results are not to be considered as the ultimate truth.
Summary and Conclusion
Summarizing the experience that I have obtained, I must mention that the research was a means to analyze my personal features of character better. Moreover, I managed to find out what major improvements I have to make. After assessing my strength and weaknesses, I am finally able to choose the strategy that will help me in my professional and academic life.
References
Fredrickson, B. (2009). Positivity Self Text. PositivityRatio. Web.
Resolution Chart. (n.d.). Web.