【正文】 that you39。ll encounter in this class are very simple, very they are simple, not here is the0us to share this moment with I39。m really excited about time we taught this class, we did a survey to find out what type of people were sitting in this roomthey are just like yourselvesand find out why you39。ll be taking this the ment that we get so often about this class is why would Harvard students possibly be unhappy? what do they have to be unhappy about? They thought everyone who39。d be taking this class would be taking it because they are already really happy and they want to study about how amazing they they39。d like to learn things that they can tell the roommates so clearly that(?) it turns out actually over a third of people who took this class last year took the class because they felt they were trying to learn about the research about positive another third because they wanted to learn about third did it for pletely different third this year did it because Tal was on the Jon Stewart Daily am absolutely thrilled about this syllabus which Tal is about to tell you about is..Actually we learned a couple of other things about you you know that of people who take positive psychology, 75% of you are officers of club, 35% of you are the highest ranking officers of club, which means that you think there are about 2000 clubs at Harvard, you are in club of three, and you happen to be the learned other reasons why you are not learned that the average number of romantic relationships for people to take positive psychology in 4 years is between zero and and one.(Tal: No!I don39。t believe it.)Don39。t you? let me just sayone second finishing am very excited to be back families are very excited to be back forward to a meaningful, pleasurable, enjoyable and happier semester with Psychology – Lecture 2 39。m so glad that you was worried that no one would show up in this 39。m glad you are a couple of that I received via few things before we jump into the of all, I was asked,‖ who is this class for? Is it for peopleyou know it39。s positive psychologypeople that are very unhappy? Is it only for people who are depressed? Who is this class for?“ Well, the class is for anyone who is interested in Positive psychology and anyone who wants to be you are extremely happy, you can still be you are very unhappy, you can still be the class essentially is for anyone who39。s interested in the I would add someone who is really interested to work, to put the kind of effort that we talked about last not the kind of effort that we would require you to wreck your head about understanding certain concept, but it is effort in terms of applying these ideas to your you may want to take this class, because you are interested on academic level in positive psychology that39。s perfectly you39。ll get manywe39。ll talk about numerous studies in every lecture, starting next 39。ll talk about study after study after study, so you39。ll get that element as , if you are thinking about taking positive psychology for personal benefits, you need to put the effort I39。ll talk more about that the class is for who39。s extremely happy and wants to be happier and anyone who39。s not happy and wants to be , and that39。s why the one element of pass/fail is not negotiable is that all the response papers have to be the response papers, as you know, are not are basically reflection you reflect about the ideas about things that can be applied to your life? But they are3through the taught the Thursday started 2 years started on I taught on Thursday, pletely lecture I made it through I went to home and I couldn39。t fall was in real went to the was on Friday afternoon, just saying ”you know I have to medication I took didn39。t help.“ Went to the some blood finally after days I couldn39。t sleep because of pain, fell was Friday the midnight, there was a phone don39。t hear am fast wife picks it picks it 39。s the the doctor says to Tommy, ”the test results just came Tal should get to the hospital now.“ She said to the doctor, ”He just fell hasn39。t slept for it wait till tomorrow morning?“And the doctor said,‖ he has to go to Beth Israel, because they have the best labs for what he needs right now.” And she doesn39。t elaborate it any wakes me up, retells me the story of what39。s I get can39。t take me to the hospital because David, at that time one year old, is don39。t want to wake him we get a cab to take me to Beth the wayso this was the year after I was no longer resident tutors in were(?), driving down the Charles and drive and then next to look at look at the beautiful 39。s very many cars just after midnight after a Friday I can39。t help myself but think, “what if there39。s something really terrible going on?” I mean, why would they call me midnight to the hospitalBeth Israel, insisting on just one specific hospital? There must be something really my mind begins to I say, “what if I only have a year left? What would I do in that year?” I bee very sad because I think I won39。t see David grow won39。t seeI won39。t have any future careful up I bee very wistful and then I ask myself,“ Ok so professionally, what would I want to do in that last year?” So I know personally exactly what I39。ll 39。ll spend all the time that I can with my professionally what do I want to acplish in this year? And my immediate response was I want to leave behind a coherent body of work, a coherent course introducing people to positive I arrived at the hospital, I had some more ends up being nothing too put me on within a couple of days I am on the way to want to share with you today though is it the most important thing for me at that time and still today, is to leave behind a coherent body of work about positive psychology, to introduce you to this wonderful field? Why positive psychology? Why is it? Its own field? Why is it notwell, just study happiness, wellbeing as part of social psychology or clinical psychology? Why have so