In the beginning of the article cited below is a statement that the research focused on was being presented at the APA convention in San Diego. It reminded me that APA had in the past had asked some presenters if they wanted to have a press release prepared for their presentation. I assume that they still do something like this, so one should expect a number of news articles like the one below to be appearing.
Checking the APA website, I see that they have a "convention blog" that focuses on daily activities (why, the blog goes all the way to Tuesday, August 3 while Tipsters who could be providing "reports from the front" are busy doing the touristy thing). For the blog, see: http://apaconvention.typepad.com/2010_apa_convention_blog/ Of particular interest is an entry on the presentation by the Happiness Guy, Dan Gilbert who was testing the hypothesis put forward by his mother that "the secrets to happiness were to get married, make money and have kids". Long story short: she was wrong. No word on whether Gilbert was drunk or not while making the presentation but it was reported: |Harvard psychologst Daniel Gilbert, PhD, had the room in stitches |as he bounded around the opening session stage, expounding on the |secrets of happiness. And they're not what you think they are. Well, I'm glad he cleared that up. Also, no updates on Phil Zimbardo. ;-) -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 09:02:19 -0700, Michael Smith wrote: >"When adult children fail, parents suffer too" >( >http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/08/12/adult.children.struggle/index.html?hpt=T2 >) > >Here's a wee quote from the article at the end... >"The study findings may be explained in part by the changing structure >of American families, Bernstein suggests. "To the extent that the >extended family has disappeared and everyone is living fragmented >lives..." > >I thought the fragmented lives part (if true) was interesting. > >Things just keep getting better! --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=4170 or send a blank email to leave-4170-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
