Learner Reviews & Feedback for Positive Psychology: Character, Grit and Research Methods by University of Pennsylvania
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DG
Sep 26, 2019
love the class. read Angela's book several times as I used resilience in my dissertation years ago and was familiar with the foundational studies. Thank you!
BS
Jun 25, 2018
A bit of a struggle to learn the technical terms, but helpful in understanding and appreciating the scientific approach to researching various approaches to positive psychology.
251 - 275 of 348 Reviews for Positive Psychology: Character, Grit and Research Methods
By Laya A
•Jun 18, 2020
Went in expecting for the course to be heavier on the character/grit material so I was surprised how much more focused it was on research methods, but I am satisfied nonetheless!
By Печенкина А А
•May 22, 2020
Overview of research methods was ease, but clear. Grit research was interesting. But it was a bit messed up because themes of psychology and research methods were mixed.
By Codename P
•Aug 17, 2025
I took this last summer but had to retake in order to get the Coursera verification. Still super neurotypical and doesn't really reach me, but maybe i'm just broken.
By Francesc B
•Oct 25, 2024
I really enjoyed and the content is very good, but I'm already familiar with research methods (done a PhD) so some videos were already known.
By Marlene S
•Feb 5, 2018
There were quite a few mistakes (even in titles) in the written content, such as spelling, grammar, etc. which makes learning less enjoyable.
By Louis A K H T
•Dec 23, 2018
I have learnt a lot everyday attending the courses. However, there are really parts which I find them a bit difficult to understand.
By Andrea H
•Sep 30, 2025
Some of the Audio quality in this course was hard to listen to and I wish this could have been improved! Otherwise great course.
By Elisabeth d R
•Apr 8, 2019
Learned a lot of valuable things on research studies which will help me better analyze. And the grit topic was very interesting.
By Sridhar R
•Jun 20, 2024
Some what complicated mix. Focus tilting more towards research methods while I was more curious about he Character and Grit.
By Kenneth M
•Aug 19, 2019
I love the teaching and learning of the course a great deal. Waiting on the peers to grade and that process was not as fun.
By Evelisa Q
•Mar 1, 2019
I think the material in this course is hard and not very easy to grasp, but the videos and exercises made it doable.
By Tamara B M
•Jul 5, 2018
It's a little more nuts and bolts of research that doesn't really interest me as much as some of the other courses.
By Tania M A
•May 13, 2018
Great course! Altough, I think a different level of interaction from both facilitators would be more interesting
By Jamison T
•Jul 31, 2023
Loved finally learning how to review a research document. Appreciated the last section on how to break it down.
By Lisa B
•Jun 27, 2017
Very informative. Valuable information to have a general understanding of. Thank you for sharing this with us.
By Lim Z
•Nov 2, 2019
A bit on the dry side but learnt a lot of technical skills, especially how to approach a research paper.
By Steve O
•Jul 5, 2019
Interesting and valuable mixing a knowledge of grit with a useful introduction to research methodology.
By phyllis
•Aug 23, 2019
Thanks this course, I know how to make more accurate experiment and make me know more useful method.
By Jusleine D
•Aug 2, 2017
I enjoyed the materials shared, I just did not like the quality of the recorded videos
By Matthew G G
•Mar 5, 2018
Excellent course overall. I wish there was a way to download the powerpoint slides.
By li h
•Oct 20, 2018
Made me broad-minded about research and observation knowledge. Great course!
By Terry C
•Aug 23, 2017
A good course, but it makes heavy weather of understanding research issues.
By Hans a
•Oct 29, 2019
Much too theoretical, talks by Duckworth were very interesting and funny.
By Richard B
•Jan 13, 2018
Good basic introduction to research methods form an academic perspective.
By Kevin S L
•Apr 26, 2018
Great professors and content. The only issue is I don't like research!!!