I was assigned a research project by my professor Sabatino Mangini. He asked me to do research on the question “Can the “three good things” gratitude process have a positive impact on my well-being?” If someone were to ask me this question just to hear my quick answer I would say sometimes. This is because the question asks if the three good things process can have an impact on my well being. I do think it can for people but at the same time I think it doesn’t necessarily always have that impact on people. For example, the three good things process didn’t improve my well being but after hearing what my classmates shared in class, it seemed to work for some of them.
I am in the finishing stages of my research and am almost ready to write my paper. I think the introduction will be the easiest part simply because you just have to include topic context, the research question, and the thesis statement. This should not be difficult to do since the question is in the prompt so your just copying it, then just make your own thesis statement and explain it a bit. The literature review is the next subheading and part of the paper. In the prompt it asks to answer “What is positive psychology? What is well-being? What is gratitude? What research suggests gratitude improves well-being? What research suggests gratitude doesn’t improve well-being? What research supports your data and experiences?” After extensively researching based on these questions I have been able to frame out how I will write this section according to these questions. The findings subheading is next and it’s what I think will be the hardest to write due to one of the questions. Explore the whys or why nots that support your answer. I think it’s going to be the hardest to do because like I said earlier, I think it’s both because I answered sometimes to the projects research question. I guess I’ll just have to pick one or try to find a way to explain how it could be both. The conclusion section asks these questions, “Will you continue with the “three good things” gratitude process? What are your main take-aways from your research project? Questions for more research?” I will not continue due to the fact the process did not improve my well being and I’m not going to do something that doesn’t work for me. I will find out my takeaways after I finish the previous sections. This goes for the questions for more research as well. This research project reminds me of an eighth grade research project for science. The project asked the question “What is a quark?” I feel as if this project is along the same guidelines as that project by basically saying answer this simple question. I will attempt to answer this question honestly and to the best of my ability through my research and findings. Stay tuned to my research project tab on weebly for my first draft.
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Taylor Dannaker
11/12/2018 07:05:15 pm
I don't think the three good things changed my well-being either but it was worth a try.
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11/12/2018 07:40:00 pm
It's interesting to see how this assignment worked for other people and if it had any impact. But I think it would be interesting to see why it sometimes worked instead of just choosing a "yes" or "no" answer.
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