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哈佛大学公开课幸福课第一集演讲内容及部分内容
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I'mteachingthisclassbecauseiwishaclasslikethishadbeentaughtwhenIwassittinginyourseatasanundergradhere.Icameherein1992,andstartedatcomputerscience.AndthenIhadaminiepiphanyhaltwaythroughmysophomoreyear.IrealizedthatIwasinawonderfulplacewithwonderfulstudentsaroundme,wonderfulteachers.Iwasdoingwellacedemically.Iwasdoingwellinathletics.Iwasdoingwellsocially.Everythinggoingwell.ExceptforthefactthatIwasunhappy.AndIdidn'tunderstandwhy.ItwastheninamatterofmomentsthatIdecidedtofindoutwhyandbecamehappier.AndthatwaswhenIswitchedmyconcentrationfromcomputersciencetophilosophyandpsychology.WithsinglequestionhowcanIbecamehappier.OvertimeIdidbecamehappier,whatcontrbutedmosttomyhappinesswaswhenIencountedanewemergingfieldthattimedidn'thaveanamethatithastoday.Butessentiallyresearchthatfallsuderorwiththefieldofpositivepsychology.Positivepsychologystudyingit,applyingtheideastomylifehasmademesignificantlyhappier,Itcontinuestomakemehappier,AndIrealizedtheimpactthatithadonmethatIdecidedtoshareitwithothers.
Sothisispositivepsycology,andwewillbeexploringthisnew,relativelyandfascinatingfield.Andhopefully,wewillbeexploringmorethanthefieldourselves.
“HowcanthislectureislargerthantheIntroductiontoEconomics”.Andthewaytoexplainitmustbethattheteacherisveryoutgoing,extremlycharismatic,verycheerfulandextrovertandofcourse,tall.Whyisitsopopular,becauseitworks,Youseethiswholerealmonlifeflouringonhappiness,onwellbeinghasbeenuntilrecentlydominatedbytheself-healthmovement(心理自助运动).whatdowehaveintheself-healthmovement?
Wehavethatbooksareveryintering,thatareveryaccessible,wehavespeakersareveryoutgoingattractingthemassesintotheseworkshops,seminarsandlectures.Butthereisabig“but”here.Manyofthosebooks,manyottheseworkshopandseminarslackofsubstances(缺少实际内容).veryoften,overpromisingandunder-delivering.Sothosearefivethingsyouneedtoknowtobehappy.Thethreethingstobethegreatleader.Theonesecretofsuccess,happinessandaperfectlovelife.overpromisingandunder-delivering(夸大其词,效果甚微).Ontheotherhand,wehaveacademica(学术界),whatdowehaveinacademia?
Wehavealotsofrigor,alotofsubstances.Wehavedatasanalayzed,reanalyedandmeta-analyzed.
thingsreallywork,reallygoodstuff.Butthereisalsoabig“but”here.Veryfewpeoplereadrefereedacedemicjournals.Imeanthinkaboutit:
howmanyofpeopleoutsidethisroomofcoursehavereadthelasttwelveissuesoftheJournalofPersonnalityandSocialPsychology(个性与社会心理学)?
Mostpeppledon’tevenknowwhatthatmeans.TheheadofmyPHDprogramsactuallyestimatedtheaverageacademicjournalarcticalisreadbysevenpeople.Youknow…andthatincludetheauthor’smother.SoyouknowIsayhalfinjestbutit’satuallyreallysad。
Because…certainlysadforme,asanacademic.Becausethosethingsaregood.Theyareimportant,thosethingscanmakeadifferrence,canmakemoreofadifferrence.Butnotaccessibletomostpeople.andthisiswherepositivepsychologycomesin.Andthisisalsowherethisclasscomesin.
TheexplicitmandateofpositivepsychologyaswellasofthisclassistocreatabridgebetweenIvorytowerandmainstreet.Inotherwords,itistobringtherigor,thesubstance,theempiricaloffoundation,thesciencefromacademiaandmergeitwithaccessibiloftheself-helporNewAgemovement.Inawaythebestofbothworlds.Andthisexplainthepopularityofthefieldofpositivepsychology:
sciencethatworks.
Theclasswillbetoreintotwolevels,thefirstwillbetaughtasanyotherclassin
psychology.oranyoftheclassyou’vetakenhere.You’llbeintroducedheretostudies,toresearch,torigorousacademicwork.You’llbewritingpaper,academic
paper.Youwillbetakingexams.Justlikeotherclass.Butthenitwillalsobetaughtatthesecondlevel.whichisforeverypaperthatyou’llread,everypaper
thatyou’llwrite,you’llalwaysbethinking“Ok,howcanItaketheseideasandapplythemtomylife?
HowIapplytomylife?
HowIapplythemtomycommumity?
”Twolevels.Theacedemic,applied.Ididn’tintroducewhetherit’sinthereadingsorinthelectureideasjustbecausetheyareintestingforthesakeoftheidea.Itisalwaysanideathatisbothrigorrousandcanbeapplied.Justafewwordsabouthousekeeping(再唠叨几句题外话).Aboutfeedbackandquestiongs.Ifyouhaveanyquestions,anythingnotclear,ifyouagreeordisagreesomething,emailmeoremailyouTF(TeachingfellowatHarvard,justlikeTAat
otherschool,andwe’llalwaysrespond.Sometimesifthequestionisaskedbyennoughpeople,we’llrespondtoitpublicly.Allthepowerpoints,aswellasthevideosoftheclasswillbeonline,willbeavailablewithinacoupleofdays.Thevedios,unfortunately,can’tbeavailablebefore.wetried.couldn
’tfigureitwell.soitwillbeavailablewithinadayortwoafter.ThereasonwhyIdoputthemupissothatyouhavetheopportunityifyouwanttoseeitagainorifyouhavemissaclass.Andalsobecauseandthisisthereasonwhythepowerponitsalwaysavailable,Iwantyoutobeengagedinthematerial.Iwantyoutobeengagedinwhateveritisthatwearediscussinginclass.NotnecessarilythinkingaboutgettingdowneverywordthatIsayonpaper.rememberingeverythng,memorzingeverything.IwantyoutotakeratherthanpassivenotesofwritingdownwhatisonthepowerpointoreverywordthatIsay.Iwantyoutotakeactivenotes.Andthatmeansbeingengagedwiththematerial.Forexample,ifyouheardsomethingandideaandyousay,“Oh,that’sinteresting.”starit,writeitdown.Or“OkIthinkI’llstartapplyingthis”Writeitdown.“orIwanttotellmymomaboutthislater”
Or“Iwanttotalkmyrommatesormyteamabouttheidea”Writeitdown.Activenotes-takingisopposedtopassivenote-takingfortworeasons.Firstofall,theclassisaclassaboutmakingadifferenceinpeople’slives.Iwoundnotteachingtheclassjustforitsacademicbeauty.Sowriteitdownifyoucanhavean
ideathatyoucanthinkyoucanapply.Thesecondreasonwhyweshouldthatisbecauseyou’llremembermore.Betterattention,betterunderstandingofthematerialifyouareactivelyengagedasopposedtojusttakingdownpassivenotes.
Throughouttheclass,wewilltake“time-ins”(练习时间)asopposedto”time-outs”(休息时间),it’slikeatimeout.It’sthetimewherewestoptheclassandyoulookinward.Andthisisliterallyatimeofsilenceinaclass.Iwillstopforaminuteortwo.Andyou’llhaveachanceeithertojuststareatmeoranyoneelse.
Orthinkaboutwhatwe’vejustdiscussed.OrhaveaguidingquestionthatIprovideyouthatyouwilladdressduringtheclass.ThereasonwhyIhave“time-ins”…thisissomethingthatIamintroducingforthefirsttime.Ihavedonealotworkintheareaofsilence.Ihavereadalotofresearchinthisareaabouttheimportanceofquitetimeswhetherit’sinaclassinalecture,whetheritisathome.whetheritisforaleader.,forfriendship,forthechildrenstartingfrompre-schools.Firstofall,itwillonlybeaminuteortwoatatime,maybeonceortwicealecture.Second,itismaybethemostimportantthingyou’lltakefromthis
class.Thenotionofembracingstillness.(即享受安静这一理念)。
I’llreadtoyou
anexpertfromastudythatrunbytwoMITprofessors.Thisisjustforyouredification.DavidFostorandMatthewWilson.IndeedthefollowingstudythatIthinkconfirmstheimportanceof
“time-in”,timetolookinside.Whattheydidistheyscannedthebrainsofratswhiletheywereinamazeandaftertheywentthroughthemaze.Andhere’swhattheyhavefound.“whattheresultssuggestisthatwhiletherecertainlyissomerecordofyourexperienceasitisoccurring.Inotherwords,whentheyaredoingthemaze.theactuallearning.whenyoutrytofigureout“whatwasimportant?
whatisshouldIkeepandthrowaway?
thathappensafterthefact,duringperiodsofquitewakefulintrospection.Whattheyshowwasratswhowentthroughthemazeandwentthroughthemazeagainandagain,learnedfarlessthanratswhotooktimeasidechilledoutalittlebitafteramaze,hadmoremargarita.Experienceembracestillness.Thishasimplicationstohumanbeingsaswell.sowhattheysayisthat“replaymightconsitituteageneralmechanismoflearningandmemory”.Bothlearning,understanding,aswellasmemoryretention.whenwereflect,whenwereplaythematerial,wearemuchmorelikelytoretain,torememberwhatwehavejustbeenthrough.sotheimportanceoftimeasidecannotbeover-emphasized.InhiswonderfulbookofteachingParkerPalmer—it’scalledTheCoursetoTeach,saysthefollowing,wordsarenotthesolemediumofexchangeinteachingandlearning.weeducatedwithsilenceaswell.Silencegivesusachancetoreflectonwhatwehavesaidandheard.Inauthenticeducation,Silenceistreatedasatrustworthymatrixforinnerworkstudentsmustdo,amediumforlearningofthedeepestsort.”Silenceissomethingismissingfromourculture.RobertMPirsig’sbook“anInquiryintoMorals”it’sananthropologicalstudyofNativeAmericans.What
hedoesthereiscomparetheirculturetoAmeriansfromEuropeanancestry.Andoneofthedistinguishingcharacteristicsbetweenthesetwoculturesistheirapproachweresilence.WhathefoundwaswhenhewentandsataroundwithNativeAmericans.Theywoulesitaroundthefireandhangoutfortwothreehourswithoutsayingaword.Justsitaround.lookatoneanother.Smile.Haveagoodtime.Introspect.Justbethereforhours.Whileheponitsoutthatinourculturewefeelveryuncomfortablewiththeabsenceofwords,withtheabsenceof
soundornoise,wehavetofillupal