哈佛大学公开课幸福课第一集演讲内容及部分内容.docx

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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