Happiness

General Resources

• Happiness Fall 2017 Reading Schedule
• Happiness Fall 2017 Class Notes
• Happiness Fall 2017 Class Audio [1]
• Happiness Fall 2017 Argyle Update Project
• Gilbert, Stumbling onto Happiness -- All notes

• Basic Course Information for Happiness
• Happiness Course Bibliography
• Major Happiness Research Questions
• Philosophical Methods
• Assignment Rubric
• The Short Short Guide to Wiki Edits

• Google Forms:

• Roster Information
• Short Objective Quiz
• Tell Me
• Anonymous Preference Voting
• New Small Group Discussion Report - 450
• Short Critical Response
• Report Your Practicum

• Audio From Class

• To access audio from class, fill in the weblink following this example: alfino.org/audiofromclass/450SEP10.m4a
• Fill in the month and date and ".m4a"

Resources for Practicum Exercises

• Meditation Exercises
• Savoring Exercises
• Gratitude Exercises

All Posts

• The Well-being Program and London School of Economics. 5 min video [2]
• International Happiness Day: [[3]]
• Psychologist Shawn Achor's TED talk on happy work. [4]
• Mischel on Colbert [5]
• Pinsker, Joe. "Why So Many Smart People Aren't Happy," The Atlantic, [6]
• Cederstrom, Carl, "The Dangers of Happiness" [7]
• McGinty, Jo Craven, WSJ, August 21, 2015, [On Gauging the Pursuit of Happiness]
• Slomo [8]
• The Happy Movie [9]
• Example of Economist Subscription Pricing from Dan Ariely, Predictably Irrational, [10]
• Oliver Sachs, "The Joy of Old Age" [11]
• 24 Hours of Happy. [12]. Which reminds me of People in Order [13] but more fun.
• Here's a collection of TED talks on happiness. Could be an new assignment to sample some and report. [14]

• Shawn Achor, The Happy Secret to Better Work]
• Daniel Gilbert on TED

• Carl Spackler and Buddhism...Heavy Stuff
• Louie Schwartzberg TED talk on Gratitude -from former student.
• 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
• Gratitude video: [15]
• Summary of Major Global Beliefs about Happiness

Miscellaneous

• Jokes and Quotes
• Happiness Cartoons
• Happiness Core Course Proposal

Earlier version of class notes

• Happiness Fall 2016 Reading Schedule
• Happiness Fall 2016 Study Questions
• Happiness Fall 2016 Class Notes