1st Annual Pre-Conference on Positive Psychology
Thursday, January 31, 2002
SPSP, Savannah, Georgia
To see the list of attendees, their affiliations, and their research interests, click here.
9:00 to 9:50
Keynote Address: Ed Diener, University of Illinois: New Findings on Subjective Well-Being, and Some Implications for Positive Psychology
9:50 to 10:00
Coffee Break
10:00 to 12:00: SYMPOSIUM ON POSITIVE EMOTION
Dacher Keltner, University of California, Berkeley: From the Ridiculous to the Sublime: Studies of Laughter, Smiling, and Awe
Barbara Fredrickson, University of Michigan: Progress on the Broaden-and-Build Theory of Positive Emotions
Michael McCullough, Southern Methodist University: Gratitude at Three Levels of Affect
Gian Gonzaga, University of California, Los Angeles: Does Love Promote Commitment in Intimate Bonds?
12:00 to 1:30
Lunch
1:30 to 2:45
Hazel Markus, Stanford University: Cultural Variation in Well-Being
2:45 to 3:00
Coffee Break
3:00 to 5:00: SYMPOSIUM ON POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS
Art Aron, State University of New York at Stony Brook: Self-Expansion as a Motivational Basis for Positive Psychology
Harry Reis, University of Rochester: What's So Good about Close Relationships?
Phillip Shaver and Mario Mikulincer, University of California, Davis and Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel: Attachment Security and Positive Psychology
Pre-Conference Organizers: Melanie Green and Tracy McLaughlin-Volpe