Tim Ryan Brings SEL Bill Back to Congress
By Jill Suttie | May 7, 2013Today, Congressman Tim Ryan re-introduces his bill to support the growth of social-emotional learning in schools.
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Five Ways Giving Thanks Can Backfire
By Amie M. Gordon | April 29, 2013Most of the time, gratitude is good. But research finds that there are situations when "thank you" may be the wrong response.
April Raising Happiness Newsletter: Happy, Successful, & Kind
By Christine Carter | April 29, 2013Parents frequently tell me that they just want their kids to be happy. More often, they act as though they just want their kids to be successful.
How to Reduce Violence after School Closures
By Vicki Zakrzewski, Trinh T. Tran, Jason Marsh | April 23, 2013Plans to close public schools are raising concerns about student safety in several major cities. But if the cities heed lessons from social science, they may be able to keep a difficult situation from getting even worse.
10 Ways to Get Ahead through Giving
By Adam Grant | April 22, 2013Adam Grant's research shows that "givers" rise to the top of the success ladder. Here's how you can make giving a way of life.
Three Quick Tips for Saving the Earth
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Five Ways to Develop “Ecoliteracy”
By Daniel Goleman, Zenobia Barlow, Lisa Bennett | April 18, 2013Daniel Goleman, Lisa Bennett, and Zenobia Barlow explain how we can teach kids to care deeply about the environment.
Tips for Resilience in the Face of Horror
By Jason Marsh | April 16, 2013After the Boston Marathon explosions, we are inundated with horrific images of violence and suffering. Here's how to protect our kids--and ourselves--from vicarious trauma.
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Five Ways Giving Thanks Can Backfire
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How Gratitude Can Help You Through Hard Times
May 13, 2013It's easy to feel grateful when life is good, says Robert Emmons. But when disaster strikes, gratitude is worth the effort.
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Six Tips for Making the Leap to Meaningful Work
May 15, 2013Job satisfaction is at record lows. What does it take to overcome the fear of change, especially in tough economic times?
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How to Train the Compassionate Brain
May 23, 2013A new study finds that training in compassion makes us more altruistic—and explores the neuroscience behind why.
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2nd International Conference on Positive Psychology: “Giving Hope – Giving Future”
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Here’s How Much You Love Humanity
May 21, 2013Results from the Greater Good "Love of Humanity" quiz.
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Friday, June 28 - Wednesday, July 3, 2013
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University of California, Berkeley
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Friday, June 28 - Wednesday, July 3, 2013
The GGSC’s six-day Summer Institute will equip educators with social-emotional learning tools that will benefit both students and teachers. Registration is now closed.
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"Gratitude and Prosocial Behavior"
Finds that feeling gratitude produces kind and helpful behavior, even when that behavior is costly to the individual actor.
- "Compassion: An Evolutionary Analysis and Empirical Review"
Compassion evolved as a distinct affective experience whose function is to enable cooperation and protection of those who...
- "From Jerusalem to Jericho"
This article on bystander intervention in emergency situations suggests that we are likely to help a “shabbily dressed”...
- Center for Investigating Healthy Minds
The Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, runs a state-of-the-art neuroscience...
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Northeast Foundation for Children is a non-profit educational organization that offers educators the Responsive Classroom...
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Based at the University of Michigan Business School, this is a networking community for researchers and practitioners...
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Why We Cooperate
Nature and nurture interact to inform, and reform, cooperative behavior. Infants and apes are both able to share, but only the two-year-old will pick up that thing you dropped in front of her.
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