Talk:Motivation and emotion/Book/Eudaimonic well-being

Feedback on plan
Well done on getting your plan onto the wiki page. My initial thoughts are that there is a wide-ranging list of topics. Many are relevant, but there are a lot of topics and most are not necessary. Make sure to focus the chapter around the focus question (see title) and book purpose (practical self-improvement based on psychological science). Basically, explain what EW is to the reader and how it differs from, and is similar to, happiness. Then explain how EW can be fostered and developed. This is the single main purpose of the chapter. Some history is helpful - but only pick out key, interesting parts. Examples would be helpful. Remember, in terms of meeting the marking criteria, important considerations are 30% theory (is EW clearly explained and are key relevant theories used to explain EW more deeply?) and 30% research (what does research indicate about EW?. These could be presented as separate sections or integrated into other sections.

In summary, then, I'd suggest starting with an overview of the topic/problem, and a conclusion section containing the take-home recommendations. Focus the body around the key focus question, utilising a critical review of EW theory and research. -- Jtneill - Talk - c 13:39, 23 October 2011 (UTC)

Hey there! Great plan. I can see you are going to have lots of fantastic information once your chapter goes up. I have a good picture of what your chapter will be like already, good stuff! Courtney.reis 08:35, 26 October 2011 (UTC) 58.169.42.43 11:39, 31 October 2011 (UTC)

Hi Susann, Thanks for your comments on my page (Gambling). Yeh, I'm aware of the different sub-groups in older age gamblers, and other research which suggests that women in the older group take up gambling faster than men, and stuff - problem is word count in the Chapter page (I'm on thin ice there). :) I have the option to include more info in the Glossary, but again, that means more references, which impacts on the Chapter page. There's a lot that I could have said, but like everyone else, we can only say so much. Same deal with Environmental Mastery - I was actually going to say in the Chapter that self control was a bit of wishful thinking when it comes to genuinely Pathological Gambling but.... :)AlexMC 22:40, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

Hi Suzanne, Near the top of your page you are looking for a Ref for well-being, motivation vitality does this help?

http://web.ebscohost.com.ezproxy1.canberra.edu.au/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=13&hid=108&sid=560da629-72c3-459f-881d-d0f14f1c8e3e%40sessionmgr114 AlexMC 05:36, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

Hi Susann, thanks for your comments on my 'mindfulness' page. In going through my research again last night, I came across an article that I thought might be useful for your topic- not sure if you have already spotted it so I thought I would let you know anyway. It's called: LIVING WELL: A SELF-DETERMINATION THEORY PERSPECTIVE ON EUDAIMONIA, Ryan, Huta and Deci, Journal of Happiness Studies (2008) 9:139–170, DOI 10.1007/s10902-006-9023-4. I love the layout of your page- I think it's looking great. Such an interesting topic. There seems to be a bit of overlap between our topics and I have found both fascinating. Cheers U3067255 03:47, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

Susann - this is a great chapter and also should be published in magazines - well done - great information and presentation - Magnolia

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FYI, the Wikiversity convention is lower case headings. -- Jtneill - Talk - c 08:37, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

Fixed up your heading - hope this is ok. If you don't like, just delete.
Hi - noticed you said on my comments page, you were still trying to work out how to do a heading like mine. So I've slotted one in using your colours (couldn't get corners squared off though). Even has blank spaces for image files if you want to use. If not, just delete the additions I've made or revert to the earlier version. :) Jeanette 05:21, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

-- Jtneill - Talk - c 03:43, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

-- Jtneill - Talk - c 11:02, 10 December 2011 (UTC)