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...life lessons that Tal D. Ben-Shahar ’96 taught his students in “Positive Psychology?? this semester, yesterday’s might have been the most surprising. When you are the instructor of an 856-student class and you find that the final exam is missing, run as fast as you can. At 9:15 a.m., the students in Harvard’s largest course this semester packed seven lecture halls across campus, waiting to take their test. At 10:15 a.m., they were still waiting. Ben-Shahar attributed the lack of exams...
...former “Positive Psychology?? student, Sepah said this fit with Ben-Shahar’s references to University of Michigan psychologist Barbara L. Fredrickson’s research that positive emotions strengthen personal resources, increasing chances of success...
Incorporating practical classes like positive psychology??courses that teach students to enjoy their college experience—into the new core curriculum might be a step in the right direction. Unless they change their mindset, Harvard’s stressed out students are unlikely to suddenly wake-up and appreciate the amazing opportunities available on campus and in the Boston area. While a creative social events board might produce activities that are interesting to undergraduates at Harvard, students whose plates are full with other obligations will surely not be in attendance...
...approach to psychology, which constituted the subject matter of his courses and informed the way he approached his students. “Phil sought to uncover those places where people felt most deeply active and alive,” he said. Former student and current “Positive Psychology?? teaching fellow Patricia Hernandez ’04 echoed Ben-Shahar’s sentiments. Hernandez recalled how her first course with Stone changed her entire outlook on life at the College. “He made me realize that by running, by hiding, by pushing...I wasn?...
...with many attendees interrupting him to criticize the validity of his remarks, Ben-Shahar did not achieve as warm a reception last night as in his “Positive Psychology?? course, which has an enrollment of 842 students...