Who is the happiest person in America? Well, according to the demographics set up by Gallup polls, here's the description:
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A tall, Asian-American, observant Jew who is at least 65 and married, has children, lives in Hawaii, runs his own business and has a household income of more than $120,000 a year.
The New York Times recently had an article about this poll. Here's the article.
The New York Times recently had an article about this poll. Here's the article.
The fun thing about this article was that it broke down the happy and not-so-happy areas across the United States. So it showed that people in Hawaii, North Dakota and Wyoming were the happiest, overall. Here's the breakdown by state.
And here's information about people in the least happy states: They're in W. Virginia, Kentucky, much of Ohio (where I'm from!) lots of Arkansas, Arizona and Mississippi. Trying to figure out what it is about living in these states that makes for unhappy people is a thought-provoking conundrum.
That made me start thinking about what makes a person happy. In psychology, there's a new branch of interest called "positive psychology." In psychology, we're always examining things like why people do what they do, why people feel the way they do, and what makes people tick. And in studying positive psychology, we try to figure out how you can make yourself happier!
That made me start thinking about what makes a person happy. In psychology, there's a new branch of interest called "positive psychology." In psychology, we're always examining things like why people do what they do, why people feel the way they do, and what makes people tick. And in studying positive psychology, we try to figure out how you can make yourself happier!
When you take one of the many psychology courses at Granite State College, you'll learn about all of this stuff and more!
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