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Beyond his dynamic performance as a lecturer, Gilbert strives to reach his students through honesty and openness; after the final exam, he encourages enrollees to write anonymous questions, which he answers on the course Web site. Questions range from course specific: “How much do you make off of each textbook?” (“4.5 percent of the purchase price... but all royalties on sales to my own students are donated to a charity chosen by the student(s) who achieve the highest score in the class.”) to far more personal...
...He’s constantly thinking about psychology,” says Wegner, who’s known Gilbert since the early 1980s, when both taught in Texas. “Questions come to mind, popping up like firecrackers all the time. Everything is relevant...
Last year, the pair teamed up with fellow psychology professor Daniel Schater—their publisher calls them “The Dans”—to write an introdcutory psychology textbook. And it was Gilbert who originally convinced Wegner to accept a teaching position at Harvard, prompting an auxiliary effect of practical jokes—like the time Wegner switched Gilbert’s nameplate with the men’s bathroom sign...
...Gilbert, of course, retaliated: “I came in here one day, and turned on my computer,” Wegner recalls with a chuckle. “His face came on the screen and ‘Black Magic Woman’ started playing. I couldn’t make it go away. I have no idea why that particular song, or what was going on, but it just seemed like the thing for Gilbert...
...Hedonic Psychology Lab, the hub of this beloved pursuit, allows Gilbert to explore the questions he’s constantly asking...