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...know that when we are in a good mood, when we are feeling good about ourselves, about our lives, our libido is stronger. So, it works both ways: you can sort of picture sex and happiness together in an upward spiral.9.FM: When were you introduced to the field of positive psychology?TBS: The field of positive psychology is relatively new. I was introduced to it as a grad student at Harvard studying with Professor Philip [J.] Stone, and he is one of the pioneers in the field–or was, he passed away two years ago. He taught...
Rodowick added that he believed that the new program and the coincident increase in graduate students would help improve the “research culture” of the department, and likely promise a “noticeable enhancement of the classroom experience” for undergraduates in the field, whose courses may be taught by the new crop of doctoral students...
...When your field is social theory and your talk is called self-deception,” he said, “all human behavior is part of your field...
...able to influence or inform people about things they didn't know. But it's up to candidates to get elected. It's not my job to get them elected. And when they lose, I don't take it personally. And Romney was like every other candidate in our field. The reason that we're in this mess is because not one of our candidates, from top to bottom, fully met or meets the three-legged stool of conservatism. You've got this foreign policy crowd, you've got the fiscal conservative-small government crowd...
...trained thousands of teachers in North Carolina. Another requirement, especially in the upper grades, is a deep knowledge of one's subject. According to research on teacher efficacy by statistician William Sanders, the higher the grade, the more closely student achievement correlates to a teacher's expertise in her field. Nationally, that's a problem. Nearly 30% of middle- and high school classes in math, English, science and social studies are taught by teachers who didn't major in a subject closely related to the one they are teaching, according to Richard Ingersoll, professor of education and society...