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Life Goals, Evolution and Mood

EHAP Lecture Series for Fall Term, 2001

Randolph Nesse, The University of Michigan
Life Goals, Evolution and Mood: Unifying ideographic and nomothetic approaches to depression
Tuesday, September 11, 4:00 P.M.  4448 East Hall

Paul Baltes, Max Plank Institute for Human Development, Berlin
The biocultural dynamics of the life course: A Difficult journey into the Fourth Age?
Tuesday, September 18, 1:00-2:30 PM, Room 6050 ISR

Julius Kuhl, University of Osnabrück, Germany
Honey, what bread do I like? A functional analysis of alienation and depression
Tuesday, September 25, 4:00 P.M.  4448 East Hall

Mel Konner, Emory University, Atlanta GA
Some Thoughts About EEAs: Psychological and Psychiatric Reminiscences of !Kung Hunter-Gatherers
Tuesday, October 2, 4:00 P.M.  4448 East Hall

Eric Klinger, University of Minnesota
Life, Death, and the Pursuit of Goals
Tuesday, October 9, 4:00 P.M.  4448 East Hall

Charles Carver, University of Miami
Sadness tells you you should do something else, joy tells you you can do something else, anger and eagerness tell you focus on what you're doing

Tuesday, October 16, 4:00 P.M.  4448 East Hall

Robert Emmons, University of California Davis
Goals, Gratitude, and the Pursuit of Significance

Tuesday, October 23, 4:00 P.M.  4448 East Hall

Keith Oatley, University of Toronto
Most human goals are social; emotions are our means of steering
Tuesday, October 30, 4:00 P.M.  4448 East Hall

Kim Hill, University of New Mexico
Do foragers suffer stress and depression: A walk though the life of some hunter-gather friends

Tuesday, November 6, 4:00 P.M.  4448 East Hall

Deborah Carr, University of Michigan
Do we choose our goals or do they choose us? : How gender, cohort and life stage mold goal formation and attainment

Tuesday, November 13, 4:00 P.M.  4448 East Hall

Oliver Schultheiss, University of Michigan
Uncovering the subterranean roots of elation and despair: The role of implicit motives in commitment to, pursuit of, and disengagement from explicit goals

Tuesday, November 27, 4:00 P.M.  4448 East Hall

Christopher Petersen, University of Michigan
Genetic Character Strengths and Moral Virtues: Why is Goodness Good?

Tuesday, December 4, 4:00 P.M.  4448 East Hall

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