Happiness Talk for Psych 101 at University of Washington
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Happiness Talk for Psych 101 at University of Washington
- 3. “Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.” - Aristotle
- 4. 30 seconds
- 8. Gross Domestic ProductGross Domestic Product What GDP counts: + goods and services sold + oil spills, natural and manmade disasters + illness and death + divorce + accidents What GDP does not count: - time with friends & family - volunteering, participating in democratic process - gardening, educating yourself - walking for exercise the sum of all good and services produced in a year
- 9. Does GDP make us happy? GDP in the US has more than tripled since 1950s. Adjusted per capita GDP since 1960 has doubled since 2010 Happiness hasremained stagnant and even fallen
- 10. Easterlin Paradox 40 year study of nations across the globe
- 11. Easterlin Paradox 40 year study of nations across the globe Between $35 - 75K for family of four, long and short term happiness increases a lot with more money. After a salary of $75K, long term happiness increases are marginal or non- existent, short term increases in happiness do occur.
- 12. Sustainability Healthy Ecosystems Social Justice Economic Fairness Happiness & Wellbeing Sustainability Healthy Ecosystems Social Justice Economic Fairness Happiness & Wellbeing GDP Economic Growth Wealth Accumulatio n Stuff & Status GDP Economic Growth Wealth Accumulatio n Stuff & Status Kasser & Ryan, 1993 & Dittmar, Bond, Hurst & Kasser, 2014
- 13. Gross National Happiness is more important than Gross National Product Gross National Happiness is more important than Gross National Product Jigme Singye Wangchuk King of Bhutan 1972
- 15. Constitution 60% natural habitat 70% currently Bhutan’s Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Policy of 2010 - environmentally friendly, sustainable businesses Carbon Sink
- 17. Disband Armed ForcesDisband Armed Forces Forest CoverForest Cover Social SecuritySocial Security SchoolsSchools
- 18. Carbon Neutral 2021Carbon Neutral 2021
- 19. Men 69Men 69 Women 73.4Women 73.4 LoveLove CareCare RelationshipsRelationships
- 20. Women 61Women 61 Men 68Men 68 PositivePositive OptimismOptimism CommunityCommunity
- 21. Women 60Women 60 Men 61.5Men 61.5 When it comes to what reallyWhen it comes to what really matters….balancematters….balance
- 22. Self Others
- 23. Three things you can do forThree things you can do for your happiness today:your happiness today: GratitudeGratitude GivingGiving CompassionCompassion
- 24. DormDorm oror Alone?Alone? SWLSWL HappyHappy ProductiveProductive TimeTime BalanceBalance 6262 6363
- 26. How much of your happiness is your choice? genetics conditions you
- 27. what is the purpose of your life?
- 28. happycounts.org
Editor's Notes
- Tell a story here and let this slide stand by itself. “Now I want to tell you a story. Imagine tomorrow you woke up – and had a really bad day. You left the stove on, happened to burn the house or apartment complex down, on your way to work, you caused a terrible accident that killed three people – blood all over the street, a huge traffic jam – you get to work and your spouse calls you – he or she wants a divorce and promises its going to be long, messy and very expensive. YOU HAVE DONE GREAT THINGS FOR GDP today. Now let’s imagine another scenario: You wake up, it’s a weekend morning, you spend a leisurely morning picking fruit in the garden and making your loved ones breakfast, then you all go for a walk through the neighborhood- you do not go to the gym- and when you get home you decide to spend the afternoon talking, reading to each other and playing a board game – not going to the movies. YOU ARE MISERABLE - YOU HAVE DONE NOTHING FOR GDP. Robert Kennedy pointed out that our Gross National Product "measures everything except that which makes life worthwhile." Genuine Progress Indicator Cheat Sheet. The goal of the Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) is an alternative to the Gross Domestic Product . It accounts for health care. childcare, volunteering, income distribution,, safety, a clean environment, and other indicators of well-being.. The purpose of the GPI is to shift economic policy towards sustainability. It is used by governmental and non-governmental organizations worldwide. Because the GDP and the GPI are both measured in monetary terms, they can be compared on the same scale. Download report: The Genuine Progress Indicator 2006 The GPI starts with the same personal consumption data that the GDP is based on and maker some adjustments:ADD Housework, Volunteering, and Higher Education - GPI includes the value of this work figured at the approximate cost of hiring someone to do it. The GPI also takes into account the non-market benefits associated with a more educated population. ADJUST Income Distribution - GPI rises when the poor receive a larger percentage of national income, and falls when their share decreases. Changes in Leisure Time - When leisure time increases, the GPI goes up; when Americans have less of it, the GPI goes down. Lifespan of Consumer Durables & Public Infrastructure - GPI treats the money spent on capital items as a cost, and the value of the service they provide year after year as a benefit for private capital items and to public infrastructure, such as highways. SUBTRACT Resource Depletion GPI counts the depletion or degradation of wetlands, forests, farmland, and nonrenewable minerals (including oil) as a current cost. Pollution - GPI subtracts the costs of air and water pollution as measured by actual damage to human health and the environment. Long-Term Environmental Damage - GPI treats as costs the consumption of certain forms of energy and of ozone-depleting chemicals. It also assigns a cost to carbon emissions to account for the catastrophic economic, environmental, and social effects of global warming. Crime - GPI subtracts the costs arising from crime. Defensive Expenditures - GPI counts defensive expenditures as costs rather than as benefits. Dependence on Foreign Assets - GPI counts net additions to the capital stock as contributions to well-being, and treats money borrowed from abroad as reductions. If the borrowed money is used for investment, the negative effects are canceled out. But if the borrowed money is used to finance consumption, the GPI declines.
- source for Layard (2005) graph is his book Happinesss: Lessons From A New Science also find here http://cep.lse.ac.uk/events/lectures/layard/RL030303.pdf and a piece on Layard himself http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/jun/24/healthandwellbeing.schools
- Source: http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2010/12/08/1015962107.full.pdf+html an article and source for photo http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Douglas+Todd+happier+poor+rich/9509671/story.html
- Source: http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2010/12/08/1015962107.full.pdf+html an article and source for photo http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Douglas+Todd+happier+poor+rich/9509671/story.html
- Tell a story again: 17 year old king asked what are you going to do to improve your countries GDP? GNH is more important. Use a subjective and objective measures of wellbeing Guides countries poliecy decisions and alllocations of resorucs
- http://www.grossnationalhappiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Short-GNH-Index-edited.pdf
- Source: Inerviiew the John de Graaf
- You can take people through a 2 minute loving kindness or breathing meditation here.
- Photo credit”: Tyler Olson on Shutterstock http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-102p1.html