Psychologist, UC Berkeley
Psychologist, UC Berkeley
Dacher Keltner is a social psychologist who focuses on the prosocial emotions, such as love, sympathy and gratitude, and processes such as teasing and flirtation that enhance bonds. He has conducted empirical studies in three areas of inquiry. A first looks at the determinant and effects of power, hierarchy and social class. A second in concerned with the morality of everyday life, and how we negotiate moral truths in teasing, gossip, and other reputational matters. A third and primary focus in on the biological and evolutionary basis of the benevolent affects, including compassion, awe, love, gratitude, and laughter and modesty. Professor Keltner is Co-Director of The Greater Good Science Center and the author of Born to Be Good.
The Berkeley professor charts the moral decline of a nation.
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Dacher Keltner on how to sync your emotions.
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A Berkeley happiness guru on the downturn’s upside.
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The pursuit of happiness is essential and vital to our culture, but there is a risk that it turns into navel-gazing.
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Dacher Keltner on government ethics.
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The Berkeley professor speaks to the essential need for human-to-human contact.
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The Berkeley professor notices no common appreciation of goodness across cultures.
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The Berkeley professor defines goodness after years of studying how it manifests in humans.
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