Monday 3 September 2007

Emotions That Praise Others and Change the Self



Jonathan Haidt discusses his research on three rarely studied emotions in the field of positive psychology: moral elevation, admiration, and awe. Positive psychology is the scientific study of positive emotions, strengths-based character, and healthy institutions.

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4 comments:

Charles Edward Frith said...

Can't get the link to work for video!

Jaime Diskin said...

Doh!! Thanks Charles, I'll get on it. And thanks to you, I think I may've just discovered, The Motherload.

Anonymous said...

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CogSciLibrarian said...

awesome! I have just been "introduced" to Haidt, and I look forward to hearing more from him.
note: I use AudioHijack (Mac) to convert ram files to mp3 so I can listen in the car. fwiw.