Word: psych
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...minutes ‘til one, laptops click closed, backpacks zip open and jackets crinkle on. Professor Tal Ben-Shahar ’96 tries unsuccessfully to finish his thought, but many miss even that: They’re already pouring out of Sanders Theater, sizing up a Positive Psych lecture that’s not even over. Packing up before professors finish speaking is the norm in many of Harvard’s large lecture halls. Of course, a few of these early departures face a marathon dash to Vanserg and have earned the right to leave. Most, however...
Daniel Yankelovich's study New Rules showed how the self-fulfillment ethic, largely confined to the campuses in the late '60s, had pollinated much of America's culture by the late '70s, wafted along by a score of pop-psych books, from How to Be Your Own Best Friend to Passages and Your Erroneous Zones. By the late '70s, according to polls conducted by Yankelovich, Skelly & White, 72% of Americans spent a great deal of time thinking about themselves and their inner needs. "The rage for self-fulfillment," wrote Yankelovich, "... had now spread to virtually the entire U.S. population...
...live in Israel with my family and to be a visiting professor in the United States at another university. Whoever will take me [laughter].13.FM: Where can Harvard’s students look for positivity instruction in the future?TBS: There are many wonderful professors in the psych department who teach courses related to positive psychology. Professors like Ellen [J.] Langer, who is my mentor and was my dissertation adviser with Philip [J.] Stone, and Professor Daniel [T.] Gilbert, who is doing a lot of ground breaking work in the area of happiness. Very often people look for happiness very...
...hard drive sometime 8.) I know I’m not that hot, but I bet my GPA is higher than yours. 9.) Are you an econ major? Because I’d just love to get my invisible hand in your Slutsky matrix. 10.) If you think Positive Psych is easy, wait ’til you date me! 11.) Did you know that the average Harvard student has 0-0.5 partners a year? So if you have a threesome with me and your roommate, you’ll already be in the A-range of the bell curve...
...Boston Baked Scrod—a surprise in every mouthful could lead to conveniently timed irritable bowel syndrome. 3) Turn off the heat, open the window, and get naked—we call this frostbite for a cause. 4) Participate in a sleep deprivation experiment for psych labs—check into UHS for drooling and hallucinations. 5) Want a free pass on your term paper? Read Faust’s new Civil War book, visit her at Mass Hall, and ask for your own personal Emancipation Proclamation. 6) Play up your “skin allergies?...