Dr. Laurie Santos
Dr. Laurie Santos is Professor of Psychology and Head of Silliman College at Yale University. Professor and podcast host Dr. Laurie Santos is an expert on human cognition and the…
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From school grades to fitness trackers, we’re all being ranked and rated on a daily basis. This is having a huge impact on our happiness and preventing us from living our lives to the fullest. Can giving up on grades radically improve our well-being?
To learn more. . .
• The Beinecke Rare Book Library at Yale
• The Good Life Center at Yale
Links to references from this episode. . .
“Back in 1785 all that changed.” For more on Ezra Stiles inventing grades,
Morgan, E. S. (2014). The Gentle Puritan: A Life of Ezra Stiles, 1727-1795.
“This is Emma Lord. She’s writes for Bustle.com”
“Back in 1961, Robert Bostrom and his colleagues surveyed more than 200 students on a couple hot-button issues.”
“Back in the 70’s, child psychologist Susan Harter tested 6th graders on anagrams just like this.”
“Today, Tracy is the founding Director of The Good Life Center at Yale University.”
“We are facing a real epidemic.”
“Over a thousand students enrolled the first time I taught it.”
“Credit/D is the Yale version of Pass/Fail.”
“Alfie’s classic book – Punished by Rewards – was just reprinted to mark its 25th anniversary.”
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