Personal Relationships Wellness Philosophy (PRW) Paper (100 points)
The Personal Relationships Wellness philosophy paper (PRW) requires you to build on much of what you have learned in this course, including the readings, videos, and lectures. The PRW is intended for you to apply what you have learned toward creating a primary prevention plan for your interpersonal relationships. This assignment also gives you a chance to reflect on and discuss results from the character strengths profile.
DIRECTIONS: Respond to these two questions in one WORD document. This essay assignment is usually no more than 4 pages in length, double-spaced (excluding cover page and references). Please use the following subheadings to organize your responses to the essay questions: Identifying and Using Resources for Successand Preparing for Challenges
Once completed, submit your responses to the course DROPBOX. The due date is posted in the course calendar.
Good luck, have fun with this, AND, pay close attention to your writing skills. Grammar, sentence structure and ability to narratively express yourself are factored into your grade for this essay. Also, be sure to include a clear introduction and conclusion section. Make certain to take time in developing your response, and take time to EDIT more than once, before submitting through the DROPBOX.
Identifying and Using Resources for Success
One of the concepts emphasized in understanding how individuals/couples/families deal with change is the concept of resources. Resources can be defined in many ways, but put simply, they are those assets individuals possess or can acquire, which assist them to meet demands they face. Resources can be things such as character strengths, knowledge, psychological attitudes, and relationship skills which enable success such as optimism, resiliency, etc., and existing competencies related to the demand one faces.
QUESTION: Based on our learning activities throughout the semester provide a discussion of resources (at least 3) that support healthy relationships (be sure to cite each source and discuss why you choose it as a resource). Also, what personal resources/character strengths/assets (please choose 3) do you bring with you to your interpersonal relationships that will allow you to be successful in your close relationships?” Be sure to give specific examples of how and why these resources will help you to be successful in your relationships. You should also incorporate the strength areas highlighted in your VIA Character Strengths Survey results to support your points. More specifically, consider how your top 5 strengths might have a positive impact in your intimate relationships. Also, you should use key points from the learning activities (e.g. videos, lectures, and textbook) to support how your resources/strengths/assets support healthy relationships.
Preparing for Challenges
This course focuses on prevention activities. Simply put, we want everyone to learn now, how close relationships can be strengthened and interpersonal skills developed, before problems occur in your relationships. We want education to help you “prevent” future problems from negatively impacting your close relationships.
QUESTION: Based on our learning activities throughout the semester provide a discussion of (at least 3) challenges that can compromise healthy relationships (be sure to cite the source of each challenge and discuss why you choose it as a challenge). Also, considering all of the chapters in our book and the learning activities (e.g. videos, lectures, pop culture articles), if you had a crystal ball, and could foresee into the future problems you think your close relationships might most likely face, what are three (3) problems might you expect to occur (knowing yourself now, and knowing your family’s past history, and knowing what is most typical for most couples/interpersonal relationships)? Describe each of these three possible future problems, and look at the chapters of your textbook as well as the learning activities. What chapters and what sections within those chapters (provide page numbers) do you think you will be most helpful? What strategies from our learning activities (e.g. readings, videos, lectures, pop culture articles) do you plan to put into practice? Be sure to explain how/why these sections of the textbook and other healthy relationship strategies might be useful. Again, consider the results from your VIA Character Strengths Survey and discuss how using your top 5 strengths in new ways might help you to navigate the potential challenges you discussed.
This essay must be typed, double-spaced and formatted according to APA format. You will also need include an introductory paragraph and a conclusions section. This paper is a maximum of four (4) pages in length, excluding your title and reference page-points will be deducted for papers that do not follow page limit and format guidelines. The PRW essay is worth 100 points.
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