Happiness, as the Dilbert cartoon says in last night's paper, is ...
Dogbert "The key to happiness is self-delusion.
Don't think of yourself as an organic pain collector racing
toward oblivion."
Dilbert "I've never had that thought until now."
Dogbert "Don't blame me; I said don't"
Wayne Priest, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychology
2303 College Ave.
Huntington College
Huntington, IN 46750
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-----Original Message-----
From: Louis_Schmier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 10:06 AM
To: Miguel Roig
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: What makes people happy?
On Fri, 16 Feb 2001, Miguel Roig wrote:
> The following comes from an APA News Release:
>
> Study Finds Autonomy, Competence, Relatedness and Self-Esteem at Top of
List of
> Psychological Needs
>
> Washington - Attaining popularity or influence and money or luxury is not
what
> makes people the happiest and is at the bottom of the list of
psychological
> needs, according to a new study. Topping the list of needs that appear to
bring
> happiness are autonomy (feeling that your activities are self-chosen and
> self-endorsed), competence (feeling that you are effective in your
activities),
> relatedness (feeling a sense of closeness with others) and self-esteem.
The
> findings appear in the February issue of the Journal of Personality and
Social
> Psychology, published by the American Psychological Association (APA).
>
This include students??
Make it a good day.
--Louis--
Louis Schmier [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Department of History www.therandomthoughts.com
Valdosta State University www.halcyon.com/arborhts/louis.html
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