----------------Dale L. Dinnel, Ph.D.
----------------Professor and Department Chair

-----------------Department of Psychology

-----------------440 Academic Instruction Center, East Wing
-----------------Western Washington University
-----------------516 High Street
-----------------Bellingham, Washington 98225-9172

-------------Office phone: 360-650-3526
-------------Fax: 360-650-7305

-------------E-mail: Dale.Dinnel@wwu.edu

Abbreviated Vita | Current Research | Web Links

PSYCHOLOGY 118 MATERIALS

SYLLABUS

| Psychology 118 Syllabus Fall Quarter 2009 |

POWERPOINT SLIDES

| October 19, 2009 | | October 21, 2009 | NO POWERPOINT SLIDES FOR OCTOBER 23--MIDTERM EXAM

| November 2, 2009 | | November 4, 2009 | November 6, 2009--no new slides

| November 9, 2009 | NO POWERPOINT SLIDES FOR NOVEMBER 11--Veteran's Day Holiday | November 13, 2009 |

TRANSCRIPT OF 60 MINUTES VIDEO--THE HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH

| The Happiest Place on Earth--Transcript of 60 Minutes |

JOURNAL ARTICLES

LINKS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTGKUwMegZ4&NR=1 (ABC 20/20: The Happiest Place on Earth)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shepBx2ogJo (60 Minutes: The Happiest Place on Earth)

http://psychology.about.com/od/psychologystudytips/p/read_articles.htm ((How to read (and understand) an article in psychology)

http://www.newsweek.com/id/216147/?GT1=43002 (Newsweek: Positively Downbeat: Sometimes Happiness Isn't Everything)

http://www.mainstreet.com/article/moneyinvesting/news/happiness-index-nebraska-nabs-top-spot (ABC News: Top 5 Financially Happy States)

http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200906/happiness (The Atlantic: What Makes Us Happy? George Vaillant)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSREpjLyvUA (Tal Ben-Shahar: You Tube Video)

http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=91293&title=tal-ben-shahar (Tal Ben-Shahar and Learning to be Happier on Comedy Central)

http://www.ted.com/talks/martin_seligman_on_the_state_of_psychology.html (Martin Seligman on Positive Psychology and Happiness)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6loWc55YTM (Learned Optimism and Depression)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-rMuJW-UKg (Martin Seligman on Learned Optimism)

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/dan_gilbert_asks_why_are_we_happy.html (Daniel Gilbert on Synthetic Happiness)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLTNgOgK--Q (Gross National Happiness-1)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXJwNSkdTH0 (Gross National Happiness-2)

http://www.booserver.com/store?p=3115 (Gross National Happiness--Full Video)

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/yt-5SHc67Hep48/carl_sagan_on_human_brain / (Carl Sagan on the Human Brain)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_4810000/newsid_4812500/4812550.stm?bw=nb&mp=wm&news=1&bbcws=1 Morten Kringelbach on

http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/2377080.htm (Richard Davidson on the Science of Happiness)

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4116293 (ABC News 20/20 on Do You Have A Happy Brain?)

http://www.ted.com/talks/matthieu_ricard_on_the_habits_of_happiness.html (Matthieu Ricard on The Habits of Happiness)

STUDY GUIDES

| Study Guide for September 23 - October 2 | | Study Guide for October 5-16 |

| Study Guide for October 19-23 | | Study Guide for October 26-30 |