Six tips to stay calm, positive, and resilient in trying times Six tips to stay calm, positive, and resilient in trying times The situation around COVID-19 can be overwhelming, but experts from Penn’s Positive Psychology Center offer advice to get through—or at the very least, get by.
Parents asked questions about living in lockdown. Penn GSE experts answered Parents asked questions about living in lockdown. Penn GSE experts answered Stay-at-home orders, closed schools, and pandemic-induced anxiety are taking their toll on families. Penn GSE’s Caroline Watts offers insights and resources for families requesting online resources.
A simple exercise to help stay calm in the face of coronavirus uncertainty A simple exercise to help stay calm in the face of coronavirus uncertainty As the pandemic continues to change, Martin Seligman, director of Penn’s Positive Psychology Center, offers a quick and straightforward way to refocus the mind.
A look back into humanity’s collective history, through religious rituals and practices Q&A A look back into humanity’s collective history, through religious rituals and practices In a Q&A, psychology doctoral student David Yaden describes his new book, which touches on traditions from Hinduism, Buddhism, and 11 other religions.
Scientists look to West Point to better understand what it takes to succeed Penn In the News Forbes Scientists look to West Point to better understand what it takes to succeed A team of researchers led by Angela Duckworth of the School of Arts and Sciences examined data from thousands of West Point cadets to assess the attributes that were most predictive of success. Their results “suggest that both cognitive and non-cognitive attributes matter in different ways and at different times,” they wrote. What factors predict success? The findings of this latest work add to the canon of overall knowledge about what factors predict success. They also strengthen Duckworth’s original theories about grit and, at the same time, highlight other attributes key to long-term achievement. What factors predict success? New research from Angela Duckworth and colleagues finds that characteristics beyond intelligence influence long-term achievement. How reading a good book can make you a better person Penn In the News Philadelphia Inquirer How reading a good book can make you a better person Angela Duckworth of the School of Arts and Sciences wrote about the human capacity for empathy. “True, human beings tend to be egocentric, experiencing and reacting to the here-and-now of our lives,” she wrote. “But also true, and out of all species perhaps uniquely so, we’re capable of mentally untethering ourselves from our own narrative and imagining what it is like to walk a path entirely different than our own.” Employers want to do more with less. Where does that leave expertise? Penn In the News WBUR Radio (Boston) Employers want to do more with less. Where does that leave expertise? Angela Duckworth of the School of Arts and Sciences spoke about grit and other non-IQ competencies achieved through hard work over sustained periods of time. In the pursuit of happiness, a new class leads the charge A new course taught by James Pawelski of the Positive Psychology Center (standing) not only gives students an intellectual understanding of what it means to be happy and how to pursue it, but also aims to foster long-term change. In the pursuit of happiness, a new class leads the charge The course, taught by Positive Psychology’s James Pawelski, not only gives students an intellectual understanding of the subject but asks them to practice what they’re learning. Scientists found an opposite ‘light’ force to the driver of all your worst impulses Penn In the News Science Alert Scientists found an opposite ‘light’ force to the driver of all your worst impulses Scott Barry Kaufman and a team of researchers from the School of Arts and Sciences have developed a Light Triad Scale to assess positive character traits in individuals, a counter to the Dark Triad that drives bad behavior. “Yes, everyday psychopaths exist. But so do everyday saints, and they are just as worthy of research attention and cultivation in a society that sometimes forgets that not only is there goodness in the world, but there is also goodness in each of us as well,” wrote Kaufman. Load More
What factors predict success? The findings of this latest work add to the canon of overall knowledge about what factors predict success. They also strengthen Duckworth’s original theories about grit and, at the same time, highlight other attributes key to long-term achievement. What factors predict success? New research from Angela Duckworth and colleagues finds that characteristics beyond intelligence influence long-term achievement.
How reading a good book can make you a better person Penn In the News Philadelphia Inquirer How reading a good book can make you a better person Angela Duckworth of the School of Arts and Sciences wrote about the human capacity for empathy. “True, human beings tend to be egocentric, experiencing and reacting to the here-and-now of our lives,” she wrote. “But also true, and out of all species perhaps uniquely so, we’re capable of mentally untethering ourselves from our own narrative and imagining what it is like to walk a path entirely different than our own.” Employers want to do more with less. Where does that leave expertise? Penn In the News WBUR Radio (Boston) Employers want to do more with less. Where does that leave expertise? Angela Duckworth of the School of Arts and Sciences spoke about grit and other non-IQ competencies achieved through hard work over sustained periods of time. In the pursuit of happiness, a new class leads the charge A new course taught by James Pawelski of the Positive Psychology Center (standing) not only gives students an intellectual understanding of what it means to be happy and how to pursue it, but also aims to foster long-term change. In the pursuit of happiness, a new class leads the charge The course, taught by Positive Psychology’s James Pawelski, not only gives students an intellectual understanding of the subject but asks them to practice what they’re learning. Scientists found an opposite ‘light’ force to the driver of all your worst impulses Penn In the News Science Alert Scientists found an opposite ‘light’ force to the driver of all your worst impulses Scott Barry Kaufman and a team of researchers from the School of Arts and Sciences have developed a Light Triad Scale to assess positive character traits in individuals, a counter to the Dark Triad that drives bad behavior. “Yes, everyday psychopaths exist. But so do everyday saints, and they are just as worthy of research attention and cultivation in a society that sometimes forgets that not only is there goodness in the world, but there is also goodness in each of us as well,” wrote Kaufman. Load More
Employers want to do more with less. Where does that leave expertise? Penn In the News WBUR Radio (Boston) Employers want to do more with less. Where does that leave expertise? Angela Duckworth of the School of Arts and Sciences spoke about grit and other non-IQ competencies achieved through hard work over sustained periods of time. In the pursuit of happiness, a new class leads the charge A new course taught by James Pawelski of the Positive Psychology Center (standing) not only gives students an intellectual understanding of what it means to be happy and how to pursue it, but also aims to foster long-term change. In the pursuit of happiness, a new class leads the charge The course, taught by Positive Psychology’s James Pawelski, not only gives students an intellectual understanding of the subject but asks them to practice what they’re learning. Scientists found an opposite ‘light’ force to the driver of all your worst impulses Penn In the News Science Alert Scientists found an opposite ‘light’ force to the driver of all your worst impulses Scott Barry Kaufman and a team of researchers from the School of Arts and Sciences have developed a Light Triad Scale to assess positive character traits in individuals, a counter to the Dark Triad that drives bad behavior. “Yes, everyday psychopaths exist. But so do everyday saints, and they are just as worthy of research attention and cultivation in a society that sometimes forgets that not only is there goodness in the world, but there is also goodness in each of us as well,” wrote Kaufman. Load More
In the pursuit of happiness, a new class leads the charge A new course taught by James Pawelski of the Positive Psychology Center (standing) not only gives students an intellectual understanding of what it means to be happy and how to pursue it, but also aims to foster long-term change. In the pursuit of happiness, a new class leads the charge The course, taught by Positive Psychology’s James Pawelski, not only gives students an intellectual understanding of the subject but asks them to practice what they’re learning.
Scientists found an opposite ‘light’ force to the driver of all your worst impulses Penn In the News Science Alert Scientists found an opposite ‘light’ force to the driver of all your worst impulses Scott Barry Kaufman and a team of researchers from the School of Arts and Sciences have developed a Light Triad Scale to assess positive character traits in individuals, a counter to the Dark Triad that drives bad behavior. “Yes, everyday psychopaths exist. But so do everyday saints, and they are just as worthy of research attention and cultivation in a society that sometimes forgets that not only is there goodness in the world, but there is also goodness in each of us as well,” wrote Kaufman.