Yale's Most Popular Class Ever: Happiness

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This article details Yael University's most in-demand class, Psychology and the Good Life, for which a quarter of the student body registered in January 2018 and which focuses both on positive psychology - the characteristics that allow humans to flourish - and behavioral change- the methods by which to incorporate those lessons in real life.

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  • Happiness
  • Positive Psychology
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  • Educator Training
  • After School and Beyond
  • Congregational Learning
  • Day Schools and Yeshivas
  • Teen Engagement

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