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PositivePsychology–Lecture1TalBen-Shahar

HiGoodmorning.It'swonderfultobebackhere.Wonderfultoseeyouhere.I'mteachingthisclassbecauseIwishaclasslikethishadbeentaughtwhenIwassittinginyourseatasanundergradhere.Thisdoesnotmeanitisaclassyouwishtobetaught,nordoesitmeanthatitistherightclassforyou.ButIhopetodoingthenextcoupleoflecturesisgivingyouanideawhatthisclassisaboutsothatyoucandecidewhetherornotitisforyou.Icameherein1992AndthenIhadaminiepiphanyhalfwaythroughmysophomoreyear.IrealizedthatIwasinawonderfulplacewithwonderfulstudentsaroundme,wonderfulteachers.Iwasdoingwellacademically.Iwasdoingwellinathletics.Iwasplayingsquashatthattime.Iwasdoingwellsocially.Everythingwasgoingwell.Exceptforthefact.ThatIwasunhappy.AndIdidn'tunderstandwhy.Itwastheninamatterofmoments,thatIdecidedthatIhadtofindoutwhyandbecomehappier.311-----------------------页面2-----------------------AndthatwaswhenIswitchedmyconcentrationfromcomputersciencetophilosophyandpsychologywithasinglequestion:

howcanIbecomehappier?

OvertimeIdidbecomehappier.WhatcontributedmosttomyhappinesswaswhenIencounteredanewemergingfieldButessentiallyresearchthatfallsunderorwithinthefieldofpositivepsychology.Positivepsychology,studyingit,applyingtheideastomylifehasmademesignificantlyhappier.Itcontinuestomakemehappier.AnditwaswhenIrealizedtheimpactthatithadonmethatIdecidedtoshareitwithothers.That'swhenIdecidedthatIwantedtobeateacherandteachinthisfield.Sothisispositivepsychology,psychology1504.Andwe'llbeexploringthisnew,relativelynewandfascinatingfield.Andhopefully,wewillbeexploringmorethanthefieldourselves.WhenIfirsttaughtthisclassthatwasbackin2002,Itaughtitataseminarandhadeightstudents.Twodroppedout.Thatleftmewithsix.Theyearafter,theclassbecameslightlylarger.Ihadoverthreehundredstudents.AndthenthirdyearwhenItaughtitwhichwasthelasttime,Ihad850studentsintheclass,makingitatthatpointthelargestcourseatHarvard.Andthat'swhenthemediabecameinterested.Becausetheywantedtounderstandwhy.Theywantedtounderstandthisphenomenonthat"hereyouhaveaclass,that'slargerthanIntroductiontoEconomics".Howcouldthatbe?

SoIwasinvitedbythemediaforinterviews,whetheritwasnewspapers,radio,television.AndIstartedtonoticeapatternduringthoseinterviews.SoIwouldwalkintotheinterview.Wewouldhavetheinterview.Andafterwards,theproducerortheinterviewerwouldwalkmeoutandsaysomethingtotheeffectsof"wellthankyouTalfortheinterview.ButyouknowIexpectedyoutobedifferent".AndIwouldask,asnonchalantasIcouldofcourse.Ididn'treallycarebuthadtoaskanyway,"howdifferent?

"Andtheywouldsay,"Wellyouknow,weexpectedyoutobemoreoutgoing."Nextinterview,theendoftheinterview,samething."Thankyoufordoingtheinterview.ButyouknowTal,Iexpectedyoutobe312-----------------------页面3-----------------------different."Andonceagain,nonchalantofcourse."Wellyouknow,weexpectedyoutobeless,lessintroversit."Nextinterview,samething."Howdifferent?

""Well,youknow,moreextroverted.Moreoutgoing."Nextinterview."Well,youknow,lessshy."CozIgetverynervousininterviews.Interviewafterinterview,literallydozens.Moreoutgoing,morecheerful.Lessintroverted,moreextroverted.Andonandon.Buthereisthebestone.SothisisoneofthelocalchannelsherearoundBoston.Iwasgoingtotheinterview.Wehadaquitelonginterview,whichIthoughtwasactuallyprettygood.Andattheendoftheinterview,theinterviewerisaveryjollyguy.Hewalksmeoutandputshishandsonmyshoulder,andsays,"thankyouverymuchfordoingtheinterview."Andthentheusualcomes."ButyouknowTal,Iexpectedyoutobedifferent."AndIsaid,"Howdifferent?

"Justsoyouunderstand,bythistime,myself-esteemisshort.ButstillwithsomeresemblanceofnonchalanceIasked,"howdifferent?

"Andhelooksatmeandsays,"WellIdon'tknowTal.Iexpectedyoutobetaller."Taller?

What?

Fiveseven,wellokfivesixandahalfisnotenoughtoteachhappiness?

AndIthoughtaboutit.Ithoughtaboutitalot.Thewholepatternfromthebeginning.AndIthinkIunderstandwhytheyexpectedsomeonedifferent.Youseetheyhadtoexplaintothemselvesaswellastheaudience,"howcomethislectureislargerthantheIntroductiontoEconomics?

"Andthewaytoexplainitmustbethattheteacherisveryoutgoing,extremelycharismatic,verycheerfulandextrovertandofcourse,tall.Well,thereisoneLmissingthere.But....Ifonly.Sotheproblemthoughisthattheywerelookinginthewrongplacefortheexplanation.Inotherwords,theywerelookingatthemessenger.Whattheyneededtolookatwasthemessage.NowhowdoIknowthat?

YouseebecauseIseeotherpositivepsychologyclassesonothercampusesaroundthecountryandaroundtheworld.Thereareover200hundredcampuseshereinUnitedStatesthatteachpositive313-----------------------页面4-----------------------psychology.Onalmosteverycampuswherethisclassistaught,it'seitheroneoftheorthelargestclass.It'saboutthemessage.Iseemoreandmoreorganizationstakinguppositivepsychologyintheir,asconsultantcompanies,someofthemtheleadingbigconsultantcompaniesaretakingiton.Moreandmorehighschoolsareintroducingpositivepsychologyclass.*****Elementaryschoolsareintroducingit.Thegovernmentsaroundtheworldareexpressinginterestinthisnewemergingfield.Why?

Becauseitworks.Becauseitreallyworks.Youseethiswholerealmonlifeflourishing,onhappiness,onwell-beinghasbeenuntilrecentlydominatedbytheself-healthmovement.Whatdowehaveintheself-healthmovement?

Wehavebooksthatareveryinteresting,thatareveryaccessible.Wehavespeakerswhoareveryoutgoing,verycharismaticandtall,attractingthemassesintotheseworkshops,seminarsandlectures.But,thereisaverybig"but"here.Manyofthesebooks,manyoftheseworkshopsandseminarslacksubstance.Veryoften,overpromisingandunder-delivering.Sothesearefivethingsyouneedtoknowtobehappy.Thethreethingstobethegreatleader.Theonesecretofsuccess,happinessandaperfectlovelife.Overpromising.Under-delivering.Ontheotherhand,wehaveacademia.Whatdowehaveinacademia?

Wehavealotofrigor,alotofsubstance.Wehavedatasanalyzed,reanalyzedandmeta-analyzed.Thingsthatactuallywork,goodstuff.But,andthereisalsoaverybig"but"here.Veryfewpeoplereadrefereedacademicjournals.ImeanThinkaboutit:

howmanypeopleoutsidethisroomofcoursehavereadthelasttwelveissuesoftheJournalofPersonalityandSocialPsychology?

Mostpeopledon'tevenknowwhatthatmeans.TheheadofmyPHDprogramsactuallyestimatedtheaverageacademicjournalarticleisreadbysevenpeople.Youknow...Andthatincludestheauthor'smother.SoyouknowIsayhalfinjestbutit'sactuallyreallysad.Because...certainlysadforme,asanacademic.Becausethesethingsaregood.Theyareimportant.Thesethingsmakeadifference,canevenmakemoreofadifference.314-----------------------页面5-----------------------Butnotaccessibletomostpeople.Andthisiswherepositivepsychologycomesin.Andthisisalsowherethisclasscomesin.TheexplicitmandateofpositivepsychologyaswellasofthisclassistocreateabridgebetweenIvorytowerandmainstreet.Inotherwords,itistobringtherigor,thesubstance,theempiricalfoundation,thesciencefromacademiaandmergeitwithaccessibilityoftheself-helporNewAgemovement.Inawaythebestofbothworlds.Andthisexplainsthepopularityofthefieldofpositivepsychology:

sciencethatworks.Thisclasswillbetaughtontwolevels.Thefirstlevelitwillbetaughtasanyotherclassinpsychologyoranyoftheclassesyou'vetakenhere.You'llbeintroducedheretostudies,toresearch,torigorousacademicwork.You'llbewritingpaper,academicpaper.You'llbetakingexams.Justlikeeveryotherclass.Butthenitwillalsobetaughtatthesecondlevel,whichisforeverypaperthatyou'llread,everypaperthatyou'llwrite,you'llalwaysbethinking,"Ok,howcanItaketheseideasandapplythemtomylife?

HowcanIapplythemtomyrelationship?

HowcanIapplythemtomycommunity?

"Twolevels.Theacademic.Applied.Ididnotjustintroducewhetherit'sinthereadingsorinthelecturesideasjustbecausetheyareinterestingforthesakeoftheidea.Itisalwaysanideathatisbothrigorousandcanbeapplied.Justafewwordsabouthousekeeping.SomeofthequestionsthatIhavealreadyreceivedfromyoubeforetheclassstarted.Sothis,unfortunately,isthelasttimethatIamteachingpositivepsychologyoranyotherclassforthatmatteratHarvard.Hopefullywithintwoyears,probablynotnextyear,butwithintwoyears,therewillbepositivepsychologyclassoffered,butIcertainlycannotguaranteeit.Aboutfeedbackandquestions.Ifyouhaveanyquestions,anythingthat'snotclear,ifyouagreeordisagreewithsomething,emailmeoremailyourTF（TeachingFellowatHarvard,justlikeTAatotherschools）andwe'llalwaysrespond.Sometimesifthequestionisaskedbyenoughpeople,we'llrespond315-----------------------页面6-----------------------toitpublicly.Alwaysanonymously.Unlessyouspecifiedspecificallythatyournamecanbementioned.Sometimesyoumaybelisteningtoalectureandthenhalfwaythroughit