Happiness

General Resources

• Happiness Fall 2015 Reading Schedule
• Basic Course Information for Happiness
• Reading List
• Study Questions
• Class Notes
• The Short Short Guide to Wiki Edits
• Student Practice Page
• Major Happiness Research Questions
• Philosophical Methods
• Rubric for Scoring Exam Question
• Study Guide

All Posts

• Slomo [1]

• The Happy Movie [2]

• Example of Economist Subscription Pricing from Dan Ariely, Predictably Irrational, [3]

• Turning Technologies (clicker) store for "Responseware" software. (Or "responseware" at your app store.)

Let's post sites and information here that relates to our topic or readings. -Alfino

• Oliver Sachs, "The Joy of Old Age" [4]

• 24 Hours of Happy. [5]. Which reminds me of People in Order [6] but more fun.

• Midterm from this semester

• Here's a collection of TED talks on happiness. Could be an new assignment to sample some and report. [7]

• Carl Spackler and Buddhism...Heavy Stuff

• Louie Schwartzberg TED talk on Gratitude -from former student.

• Shawn Achor, The Happy Secret to Better Work]

• Note on Shared Method Variance

• Binge Drinking College Students Are Happier Than Their Non-Binge Drinking Peers, Study Suggests.

• Does Wisdom Bring Happiness (or Vice Versa) ? Robert Wright, The Atlantic.

• Picture1 Harlow's Monkeys Picture2

• 20 Happiest Countries

Resources for Practicum Exercises

• Meditation Exercises
• Savoring Exercises
• Gratitude Exercises

Misc Media

• Gratitude video: [8]
• Summary of Major Global Beliefs about Happiness
• Daniel Gilbert on TED
• Jokes and Quotes
• Happiness Cartoons
• Happiness Music
• The Movie List for Happiness
• Happiness Class Dates
• 2012 Top Ten List [9]
• Fall 2013 Happiness Class Class Notes 1
• Fall 2013 Happiness Class Class Notes 2
• Fall 2013 Happiness Class Study Questions