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...answer these questions, Gilbert??s Hedonic Psychology Lab explores the psychology behind the “Holy Grails” of a fulfilling life: satisfaction, pleasure, and, of course, happiness...
...Gilbert??s second-year graduate student Mary Carol Mazza describes the difference as descriptive versus prescriptive. “His research addresses questions on the cognitive biases we have, the errors we have around happiness,” she says...
...Gilbert??s ability to ask questions—and propose answers—puts him at the forefront of the growing field of happiness research. New releases such as “The How of Happiness,” “The Happiness Hypothesis,” and Harvard’s own Tal Ben-Shahar’s “Happier” are signs that its never been trendier to be happy in our Prozac nation. But Gilbert and his colleagues are quick to emphasize the difference between self-help texts and his work...
Asked what brought him to psychology, Gilbert??s cheeky answer is “a bus.” Striving to improve his craft, the struggling writer traveled to a local community college to enroll in creative writing classes. Upon arrival, however, he discovered that the writing classes were full. “It was a long bus ride so I asked them ‘Well, what’s open?’ and they said ‘Gosh, psychology is.’ And I thought, ‘Psychology has something...
...Gilbert??s class is fast paced and incredibly current. “I don’t think students know how much Dan puts into Psych 1,” says Gilbert??s second-year graduate student, Matthew A. Killingsworth...