As I watched the two videos, I notice that, Seligman and Csikszentmihalyi, had similarities on many issues. I found myself agreeing with them both? The reason why I agreed with both was because they both presented relevant experiences in their lives. Csikszentmihalyi states; “His live experience by introducing his life story as; “Then I came to this country to study psychology and I started trying to understand the roots of happiness. This is a typical result that many people have presented, and there are many variations on it. But this, for instance, shows that about 30 percent of the people surveyed in the United States since 1956 say that their life is very happy. And that has not changed at all. Whereas the personal income, on a scale that has been held constant to accommodate for inflation, has more than doubled, almost tripled, in that period. But you find the same results, namely, that after a certain basic point -- which corresponds more or less to just a few 1,000 dollars above the minimum poverty level -- increases in material well-being don't seem to affect how happy people …show more content…
play); (4) create conditions in which people are encouraged to “grapple and grow” by taking prudent risks that are exciting learning opportunities, and (5) do anything and everything possible to help people “shine” with pride in what they have achieved, joy in having done it with pleasure, and confidence that that this “Cycle of Excellence” will be self-perpetuating. In reflection of Hallowell I think he found human self in his
In contrast to Aristotle, Roko Belic’s documentary “Happy” provides a fresh perspective that takes place far more recently. The film sets out to similar goals of Aristotle in defining the nature of happiness and exploring what makes different people happy in general. Unlike Aristotle, however, the film’s main argument refers to makes people happier. In this case, the film argues that merely “doing what you love” is what leads to happiness (Belic). The argument itself appears oddly self-serving, considering that message is what underlines the foundation of happiness, yet there is a subliminal message that a simpler lifestyle is what leads to what the film is trying to convince you of. The message itself is obviously addressed to Americans, considering
Even though the master carver created a masterpiece he too felt the pressure of work. He had to do something to get him to that place where he could prove his worthiness. There is no telling what the prince would have done to him if he did not produce a grand bell stand. Teachers too are faced with the pressure of failing students, poor state tests result or that dread unsatisfactory of the end of the school year. We are crippled with fear while we try to please those we work for and those who turn of stunning work year after year.
Through his eyes, he has experienced two very different worlds which are to be much alike in expectations and attitudes. However, this being not the case, it leads me to question how much the psychological and social effects of being in a remedial class weight on the minds of the adolescent. It is interesting to me that the expectations were so vastly different in a world where we teach our young minds that anyone can achieve with enough effort. Effort itself, was not pressed in the lower classes (or at least not expected, let alone strived for), and thus, students suffered from the psychological effects of being placed in a class in which they felt intellectually inferior to those who were in a higher stratum of
Thornton Wilder effectively demonstrates the importance of life’s repetition in Our Town through the cycle of life, George and Emily’s love, and the playing of “Blessed Be the Tie that Binds.” The cycle of life is shown repeating from birth to life to death and back to birth again. George and Emily’s love is repetitious and unending, even after the death of Emily, which demonstrates the importance of life. As “Blessed Be the Tie that Binds” is recurrently heard throughout the play, it serves as a bridge through a void of time or place, which is important in understanding the play. It is no wonder that Wilder achieved a Pulitzer Prize for his in-depth work of life.
When he states that a successful conductor can be an incomplete musician and that he relies on and is encouraged to engage the audience to set a fake sense of leadership, this shows how much
...of the characters’ lives as their motivation affects what they do. The play’s overall theme of manipulation for personal gain as well as general control transmits to me clearly that we are not in control, of the events that happen to us. In spite of that revelation we are in control of the way in which we react to the circumstances in our lives. Hence, no human fully grasps the capabilities to control the way we act. We simply allow certain circumstances to overpower us and dictate our actions. Ultimately, I learned that we are our actions and consequently we should acknowledge the accountability that is implied when we act a certain way. Instead of blaming others for the mistakes we make, we should understand that we have the control as much as the power to make our own decisions rather than giving that ability someone else.
He uses several interesting examples, which lead his audience into his arguments about the unclear definition of happiness. From the beginning, Salerno starts with Ed Diener’s study about the broken link between achievement and happiness. Normally, people would expect students with higher GPA’s to be happier than those who have lower GPA. However, from Diener’s work, the result is opposite, students with high GPA are less happy than lower GPA’s students. Lower GPA’s students are happier because they don’t feel stressful with school work. Therefore, happiness cannot be determined by achievements in school. In addition, he uses another study by New Economics Foundation to prove that having high levels of resource consumption increase the “well-being” of citizens but not their happiness. Nowadays, people eat more packaged and fast foods than fresh and home-cooked foods; those are the best option for people who are lazy to cook and ones who have no time. Salerno shows the readers that even the amount of consumption grows dramatically, the consumers are neither happy with the food quality they eat nor happy with their own health issues. Beside major achievements, a smallest change in life can also lead to happiness. Salerno also uses an abusive relationship as an example to illustrate his idea of “well-being”. When a husband hits his wife every
?If you remain imprisoned in self denial then days, weeks, months, and years, will continue to be wasted.? In the play, 7 stories, Morris Panych exhibits this denial through each character differently. Man, is the only character who understands how meaningless life really is. All of the characters have lives devoid of real meaning or purpose, although they each have developed an absurd point or notion or focus to validate their own existence. In this play, the characters of Charlotte and Rodney, are avoiding the meaninglessness of their lives by having affairs, drinking, and pretending to kill each other to enhance excitement into their life.
Through the article “Sizism – One for the Last ‘Safe’ Prejudices” by Sally E. Smith, I discovered that sizism really affects many aspects of one’s everyday life, such as job opportunities, travel issues, and the way people view a “person of size” in general (86-88). Smith uses many of these to prove how much sizism is not as safe or acceptable as one may think. Although with all that Smith has proposed, I honestly do not feel that it is as big of an issue as she makes it.
Humans are, by nature, filled with curiosity. We incessantly seek to learn about the universe. Not surprisingly, we simultaneously strive to learn about ourselves. What is our place in the world? How do we grow into the people we are meant to be?
From the very first sentence of David Almond’s enchanting novel, Skellig, the reader is addicted to the mystery behind the unknown presence in the garage of 10-year-old Michael’s new home on Falconer Road. David Almond’s Skellig, takes the reader through a series of emotions with Michael and his new neighbour Mina and gradually explores the character of Skellig. Almond’s character Skellig is portrayed to be rude and mysterious through dialogue and his bird-like or angelic qualities are demonstrated through both characterisation and imagery in the descriptions of Skellig’s appetite and appearance. The character of Skellig is revealed to the reader by using the mentioned
One reason described to be a cause of happiness is income. Don Peck and Ross Douthat indicate how, “National income appears to be one of the best single predictors of overall well-being, explaining perhaps 40 percent of the difference in contentment among nations” (352). With this statement, comes the explanation of how income can influence happiness in adults who strive to earn a living. Research illustrates how, “For individual countries, with few exceptions, self-reported happiness has increased as incomes have risen” (Douthat 352). While these two statements provide sufficient evidence for the reason of income bringing happiness, income itself is not relevant.
He further shows us that the people of today are richer than their grandparents but are not happier in their lives (from National Statistics of social pathology). Even with these facts, people in the United States still believe if they had more money all of their problems would be solved, but once they reach that next income bracket they are not satisfied and try to reach the next one. Myers et al tells us, "even if being rich and famous is rewarding, no one ever claimed material success alone makes us happy. Other conditions like - family- friends- free time - have been shown to increase happiness" (Csikszentmihaly 145). therefore we must find balance in our own lives, and not just focus on making money. Instead we need friends, family and even free time, as aforementioned doing an activity you enjoy such as listening to music or
Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky are two very well-known theorists who emphasized the development of cognition in their theories. In Piaget’s Cognitive Developmental theory, he claimed that children go through a series of stages, which he used to describe human development. In Vygotsky’s Sociocultural Theory of Learning, he believed culture and social interaction played a role in cognitive development. Although Piaget and Vygotsky both focused their theories on cognitive development they take different stances a series of developmental issues. This paper will look at the similarities and differences between these theorist’s views on critical developmental issues, such as view of human nature, mechanisms of development, and their
..., a person who earns $25,000 is happier than a person who makes $125,000 and an employee who makes $500,000 is only slightly happier than someone who makes $55,000. Lastly, there are more important things in life that and make you happy, for example, friends. They don’t come with a price tag, and if they do, you definitely need new friends. Money won’t make you happy since good times can’t be bought. You don’t need a fancy vacation to have a good time; it’s just a matter of who you spend it with. Over the years, humans have blown the value of money way out of proportion. People make it seem like if you’re not filthy rich, then you won’t live a good life but it’s not true. You can lack money and yet still live a perfect, happy life.