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...question: are Positive Psych kids any happier? Students say they are flying high after spending a semester learning techniques for positive living—strategies for dealing with procrastination, for coping with stressful situations, and for stepping out of their comfort zones—with Lecturer on Psychology Tal D. Ben-Shahar ’96, affectionately know to his students as “Tal.” “He says a lot of things that some people find cliché, or people thought that he was preaching to us a bit, but if you try them...
...itself, developing unhealthy, insular tendencies. It doesn’t have to be this way, and Harvard students do not want it to be this way. In its first year being offered, Psychology 1508, “The Psychology of Leadership,” taught by Lecturer on Psychology Tal D. Ben-Shahar, is the third most popular course at Harvard, drawing over 500 students (despite the fact that it competes with Harvard’s most popular course, Psychology 1504, “Positive Psychology,” also taught by Ben-Shahar). The lessons taught and initiatives called...
...Church on Friday to celebrate the life of Professor of Psychology Philip J. Stone, who passed away earlier this year. Stone made his mark on the Harvard community as the first professor of the popular course Psychology 1504 “Positive Psychology,” now taught by Tal D. Ben-Shahar ’96. With 856 enrollees, “Positive Psych” is Harvard’s largest course this spring. In his eulogy, a grateful Ben-Shahar described the tremendous impact that his “casually brilliant” mentor...
Lecturer on Psychology Tal Ben-Shahar ’96 advocated an “alternative framing” of the Arab-Israeli conflict at a Harvard Students for Israel (HSI) event last night, saying that taking a wider geographical, historical, and moral perspective on events in the region is necessary before the Israelis and Palestinians can reach peace...
Lecturer on Psychology Tal Ben-Shahar '96 did not classify pre-1948 immigrants to present-day Israel as "colonial European Jews." And he did not include Egypt among the countries engaged in a "regional conflict" against Israel. In fact, Ben-Shahar noted that Israel and Egypt have signed a peace accord...