英语演讲-《哈佛幸福课》文档.ppt

Name：冯亚飞 Institute：Department of Optoelectronic Information Engineering major：Optical Engineering Hometown：Handan City, Hebei Province Hobbies：Basketball, Billiards, Badminton, Reading Self-introduction Positive Psychology at Harvard —Tal Ben-Shahar Tal Ben-Shahar，Ph.D. Psychology master and philosophy doctor. His students is more than those of the ace class “introductory economics” at Harvard. He becomes the target that the US mainstream media compete to report, including Boston Globe, New York Times, CNN and US National Public Radio. Contents Lesson 1 What is Positive Psychology ? Lesson 6 Optimism Lesson 2 Why do we need a Positive Psychology ? Lesson 7 Adversity or Opportunity ? Lesson 3 Is happiness a random phenomenon ? Lesson 8 Gratitude Lesson 4 Positive surroundings can change human. …… …… Lesson 5 The Power of Environment Lesson 23 What Now ? 　　Focus on what works: what we focus on becomes reality.　　 On Positive Psychology What’s right What’s wrong disease weakness damage strength virtue Positive Psychology as creative rather than merely reactive: happiness is not the negation of unhappiness. Prevention through cultivating the positive. “Negative” Research Negative Experiences Unhappiness Spiral “Positive” Research Positive Experiences Happiness Spiral Voltaire(伏尔泰) once said，Common sense is not that common. No shortcuts. Thank you for reminding me of something that Ive already known Wow! Thank you for teaching me so many new things. At the end of semester Lesson 4: Give ourselves the permission to be human Life consists of disappointment , upset and sadness. So don’t put too much thought on the unnecessary appearances and allow yourself to feel upset and sad occasionally. What’s the most important we should pursue in our life？ Professor Shahar thinks: “Sense of happiness” is the sole mea