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Emotions That Praise Others and Change the Self: Moral Elevation, Admiration, and Awe


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Jonathan Haidt discusses his research on three rarely studied emotions-moral elevation, admiration, and awe-in the field of positive psychology, which is the scientific study of positive emotions, strengths-based character, and healthy institutions. Haidt is an associate professor of psychology at the University of Virginia and the author of The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom (Basic, 2005).
Speaker: Jonathan Haidt
Date: April 13, 2006
Length: 51:18
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