PSYC 110 - Introduction to Psychology
Lecture 20 - The Good Life: Happiness. The last lecture in the course wraps up the discussion of clinical psychology with a discussion of treatment efficacy. Does therapy actually work? Professor Bloom summarizes
the different types of influences that clinical interventions might have on people who receive therapy.
Professor Bloom ends with a review of one of the most interesting research topics in "positive psychology," happiness. What makes us happy? How does happiness vary across person and culture? What is happiness for? Students will hear
how the most recent research in psychology attempts to answer these questions and learn how people are surprisingly bad at predicting what will make them happiest.
(from oyc.yale.edu)
| Lecture 20 - The Good Life: Happiness |
| Time | Lecture Chapters |
| [00:00:00] | 1. How and Why Therapy Works |
| [00:07:48] | 2. Question and Answer on Therapy |
| [00:11:16] | 3. Happiness and Positive Psychology |
| [00:18:59] | 4. Getting Used to Happiness |
| [00:42:41] | 5. Closing Remarks |
| References |
| Lecture 20 - The Good Life: Happiness Instructor: Professor Paul Bloom. Resources: PowerPoint Slides from Screen - Lecture 20 [PDF]. Transcript [html]. Audio [mp3]. Download Video [mov]. |
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