What Might Explain the Unhappiness Epidemic? Jean Twenge Arts & Culture, Sociology We’d all like to be a little happier. The problem is that much of what determines happiness is outside of our control. Some of us are genetically predisposed to see the world through rose-colored glasses,...
The Truth About Happiness Frank T. McAndrew Psychology, Science & Medicine Frank T. McAndrew, Knox College In the 1990s, a psychologist named Martin Seligman led the positive psychology movement, which placed the study of human happiness squarely at the center of psychology...
Does Well-Being Get Better with Time? Rose Hendricks Psychology Although old age is often depicted in a negative light, studies show that wrinkles and retirement may not be so dismal; in fact, we may even become happier as we grow older.
