Happiness

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General Resources

• 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

All Posts

• Example of Economist Subscription Pricing from Dan Ariely, Predictably Irrational, [1]

• 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" [2]

• 24 Hours of Happy. [3]. Which reminds me of People in Order [4] 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. [5]

• 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: [6]
• 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 [7]
• Fall 2013 Happiness Class Class Notes 1
• Fall 2013 Happiness Class Class Notes 2
• Fall 2013 Happiness Class Study Questions