BIBLIOGRAPHIES TO THE VOLUMES There are two cross-referenced bibliographies to these Volumes: one provides references in alphabetical order — the other in numerical order (matching reference numbers appearing in the text). Bibliography (in…
Read More »Human Happiness Its Nature and Its Attainment
THE BIG PICTURE So far we’ve learned about human happiness in a general manner. We’ve explored the happy mood, we’ve learned about the objective and personality characteristics which seem to go with it,…
Read More »HAPPINESS AND BASIC HUMAN NATURE Happiness, as we’ve come to see, is simply an emotion. But what is an emotion? Why do human beings have emotions at all? Why is there such…
Read More »THE HAPPY PERSONALITY The study of personality is probably the most fascinating field in psychology. Personality is what makes each of us unique and special. It is our own, individual essence. It is…
Read More »THE HAPPY PERSON Researchers have discovered two basic things about happiness that makes this chapter possible. One is probably obvious to you. The other may come as a surprise. The first: some people are…
Read More »THE HAPPY MOOD All of us have experienced a happy mood. Thus, we all ought to be expert on how it feels to be happy. But are we? How well could you describe…
Read More »THE STORY OF HAPPINESS RESEARCH This Chapter starts from a personal perspective, which coincidentally reflects the modern history of happiness science itself. It is an anecdotal history of my own research into the…
Read More »WHAT IS HAPPINESS? Over the years that I’ve lectured in psychology, I’ve opened my talks with a simple, yet extremely profound, question. I build the introduction this question by telling those assembled that…
Read More »A TEST OF YOUR HAPPINESS ASSETS “What do happy people have that I don’t?” Have you ever asked yourself that question? Actually, according to our studies, you probably have never considered the question…
Read More »THE NEW PSYCHOLOGY OF HAPPINESS There is a wealth of scientific knowledge about human happiness, yet few have heard about it… This scientific knowledge is based on decades of patient research which has…
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