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The Lecture project Is Due Thursday April  20th. Please give it to me at 1:30 in class before you begin the Final Exam

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The Lecture project Is Due Thursday April  20th. Please give it to me at 1:30 in class before you begin the Final Exam

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If you are done the lecture project early, you can hand it in on Wednesday April 12th and I will return it to you on April 2oth

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We will have our last in class test on Wednesday April 12th For Unit 3 on Happiness. If you have a paper dictionary you are allowed to bring it.

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Answers for Barry Schwartz : the Paradox of choice

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Answers for Barry Schwartz : the Paradox of choice

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Some key questions to think about for this lecture

Barry Schwartz gives

What are two negative effects of having so much choice?

one effect, paradoxically, is that it produces paralysis, rather than liberation. With so many options to choose from, people find it very difficult to choose at all.

The second effect is that even if we manage to overcome the paralysis and make a choice, we end up less satisfied with the result of the choice than we would be if we had fewer options to choose from.

What are  “ Opportunity costs “  ?

Opportunity costs subtract from the satisfaction we get out of what we choose, even when what we choose is terrific. And the more options there are to consider, the more attractive features of these options are going to be reflected by us as opportunity costs.

What example does he use to talk about escalating expectations?

I went to replace my jeans after years of wearing these old ones, and I said, "I want a pair of jeans. Here's my size." And the shopkeeper said, "Do you want slim fit, easy fit, relaxed fit? You want button fly or zipper fly? You want stonewashed or acid-washed? Do you want them distressed? You want boot cut, tapered, blah blah." On and on he went. My jaw dropped. And after I recovered, I said, "I want the kind that used to be the only kind."

What is his “Secret to Happiness”

The secret to happiness — this is what you all came for — the secret to happiness is low expectations.

Why does he say everyone needs a fishbowl?

Because the truth of the matter is that if you shatter the fishbowl so that everything is possible, you don't have freedom. You have paralysis. If you shatter this fishbowl so that everything is possible, you decrease satisfaction. You increase paralysis, and you decrease satisfaction.

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Unit 3 Happiness take home listening Lesson Two April 12th

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Unit 3 Happiness take home listening Lesson Two April 12th

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Some key questions to think about for this lecture

What are two negative effects of having so much choice?

What are  “ Opportunity costs “  ?

What example does he use to talk about escalating expectations?

What is his “Secret to Happiness”

Why does he say everyone needs a fishbowl?

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http://www.ted.com Psychologist Barry Schwartz takes aim at a central tenet of western societies: freedom of choice. In Schwartz's estimation, choice has made us not freer but more paralyzed, not happier but more dissatisfied.

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Listening from Monday's class. April 10TH

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Prof. Dan Gilbert -- The Science of Happiness: What Your Mother Didn't Tell You

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Most of us think we know what would make us happy and that our only problem is getting it. But research in psychology, behavioral economics, and cognitive neuroscience shows that people are not very good at predicting what will make them happy, how happy it will make them, and how long that happiness will last.

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Managing Cities After the Age of Oil.mp4

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Please listen to this file and do a dictation of the first 5 minutes and bring to class on Monday April 2nd
Dictation means that you write every single word you that he says. This is not note taking. Note taking is  where you just write the key points .

In this homework you must write everything he says.

You must download the file below to listen to it.

Steve

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Lesson two Unit 2 March 27th
Listen to Robert Neurwirth and Ellen Dunham Jones . Take notes and be prepared for a practice quiz

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For the first time in history, more than half the world's population lives in cities. What draws people to them? What changes when people live closer together? Investigating the future of our urban zones, and what cities offer toward a sustainable future.

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Lesson one Unit 2 Urbanism March 23rd

Start listening at 25:03 mins
take notes and bring them to class

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You are expected to attend a 60 minute+ lecture or talk outside of ISEP.

Please choose one topic from the choices below and take notes during the talk. Next, write a 1-2 page informal report of about  that includes a summary of the talk, your response to it and a comparison and contrast discussion that describes similarities and differences between the talk and a reading that you find on the internet about the same topic. The reading should be about 1-4 pages long.

Please hand in your notes and the reading article with your report

The report should follow the format below:

Introduction

Explain why you are writing the report, provides purpose and describes how info was gathered

Overview

Write your succinct one-paragraph summary of the talk here

Findings

Write your comparison and contrast discussion of the talk and the reading here

Assessment

Write your response to the talk here

Conclusion

Wrap up purpose, background info; reiterate assessment

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Please choose one topic and take notes and write a summary of the talk.
(You are welcome to go to all the talks but only choose one for your project).

Lastly write a  compare and contrast one page report (SEE THE FORMAT BELOW) about 150 words of the similarities and differences between the lecture and a reading that you found on the internet about the same topic.
The  reading should be about 1-4 pages long.

Below are the websites for the four different choices.

http://www.straight.com/listings/events/876136

http://www.straight.com/listings/events/845886

http://www.straight.com/listings/events/872896

http://www.straight.com/listings/events/878556​