The Happpiness Hypothesis
Jessica Weaver
Ticket to Seminar-Number 4
First Year Seminar
Psychology 190-01
In Jonathan Haidt’s book, The Happiness Hypothesis, Haidt explains genuine examples to get many familiar points across to the audience without us people knowing what he is trying to do. All we are doing is reading the book trying to understand what Haidt is trying to tell us through his style and tone of each different chapter.
To begin, chapter four of The Happiness Hypothesis, in my opinion was very interesting. This chapter is the chapter that has kept me the most interested throughout this entire book and I say this because what Haidt says in this chapter all makes complete sense. We can compare it to day to day ideas and they overlap exactly. With this being said, Haidt explains how us humans will judge and criticize other people, but when it comes to ourselves, we never have anything bad to say. Haidt tells and shows us many examples in chapter four that go along with this concept such as a congressman was an outspoken opponent for gay rights and gay marriage. Later on, he was caught calling into a gay hotline looking for a man that would fit his needs exactly. What I believe Haidt was trying to do is show us that people, such as congressmen, can contradict themselves and fall out of line every once in a while. I believe that no human is perfect and that we all learn from mistakes, but deep down, we have to know what is right and what is wrong most of the time. Although we do commit some wrong mistakes, we can overcome them and they will make us a stronger person in the long run.
According to my online survey, I have a strong automatic preference for straight people compared to gay people. In my opinion, this survey doesn’t describe me as well as I thought it would. I believe that it is no one’s right but God’s to judge a person for them being straight or gay. My parents and I argue about this issue all the time. They think gay marriage should not be allowed
Ticket to Seminar-Number 4
First Year Seminar
Psychology 190-01
In Jonathan Haidt’s book, The Happiness Hypothesis, Haidt explains genuine examples to get many familiar points across to the audience without us people knowing what he is trying to do. All we are doing is reading the book trying to understand what Haidt is trying to tell us through his style and tone of each different chapter.
To begin, chapter four of The Happiness Hypothesis, in my opinion was very interesting. This chapter is the chapter that has kept me the most interested throughout this entire book and I say this because what Haidt says in this chapter all makes complete sense. We can compare it to day to day ideas and they overlap exactly. With this being said, Haidt explains how us humans will judge and criticize other people, but when it comes to ourselves, we never have anything bad to say. Haidt tells and shows us many examples in chapter four that go along with this concept such as a congressman was an outspoken opponent for gay rights and gay marriage. Later on, he was caught calling into a gay hotline looking for a man that would fit his needs exactly. What I believe Haidt was trying to do is show us that people, such as congressmen, can contradict themselves and fall out of line every once in a while. I believe that no human is perfect and that we all learn from mistakes, but deep down, we have to know what is right and what is wrong most of the time. Although we do commit some wrong mistakes, we can overcome them and they will make us a stronger person in the long run.
According to my online survey, I have a strong automatic preference for straight people compared to gay people. In my opinion, this survey doesn’t describe me as well as I thought it would. I believe that it is no one’s right but God’s to judge a person for them being straight or gay. My parents and I argue about this issue all the time. They think gay marriage should not be allowed