Positive psychology
Approach of psychological scientific study
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| October 2024 | At age 90, appealed to French President Emmanuel Macron to grant Paul Watson political asylum and initiated a demonstration in support of Watson in Paris. Also wrote a letter to Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen about Watson's detention. |
| March 27 2024 | Daniel Kahneman passed away three weeks after celebrating his 90th birthday. |
| 2023 | Kahneman was presented with the Helen Dinerman Award from the World Association for Public Opinion Research. |
| 2022 | A literature review was conducted examining critical perspectives on positive psychology, highlighting methodological concerns including lack of conceptual thinking, problematic measurements, poor result replication, and issues of academic isolation. |
| 2021 | Her effigy in Saint-Tropez was dressed in 1400 gold leaves of 23.75 carats each. |
| 2021 | The Chronicle of Higher Education published a debate between journalist Jesse Singal and Martin Seligman regarding the effectiveness of the Comprehensive Soldier Fitness program, with Singal questioning its empirical evidence and Seligman defending the program's impact. |
| 2021 | Kahneman co-authored a book titled 'Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment' with Olivier Sibony and Cass Sunstein. |
| June 2021 | Resumed some events with limited capacity and protective measures in place after the COVID-19 pandemic disruptions. |
| 2020 | Required to cease in-person operations due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, leading to the cancellation of that year's Seattle Erotic Arts Festival. Pivoted to online events. |
| 2020 | Eighth World Happiness Report was released, introducing city happiness rankings alongside country rankings, with Helsinki, Finland identified as the city and country with the highest subjective well-being. |
| 2020 | A study was conducted with students enrolled in a positive psychology course, examining the effects of the course on happiness and well-being through the PERMA categories. Students reported significantly higher scores in most categories by the end of the semester. |
| 2020 | Kahneman began living in New York City with Barbara Tversky, the widow of his long-time collaborator, Amos Tversky. |
| 2019 | Paul Wong proposed four foundational principles of second-wave positive psychology (PP 2.0), emphasizing the importance of confronting suffering, achieving sustainable wellbeing through overcoming challenges, recognizing life's polarities, and learning from indigenous psychological wisdom. |
| 2019 | He received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement. |
| October 14 2019 | Received the GAIA Lifetime Achievement Award from the Belgian association for the defence of animal rights. |
| 2018 | Daniel Kahneman's wife, cognitive psychologist and Royal Society Fellow Anne Treisman, passed away. |
| December 2018 | Kahneman was named a Gold Medal Honoree by The National Institute of Social Sciences. |
| 2017 | A statue in her honor was erected in central Saint-Tropez. |
| 2016 | Lomas and Itzvan proposed that human flourishing in positive psychology involves embracing the dialectic interplay of positive and negative emotions and experiences. |
| 2016 | Researchers in positive psychology identified two key complexes for understanding psychological experiences: post-traumatic growth and love, as well as optimism versus pessimism. |
| 2015 | The Economist listed Daniel Kahneman as the seventh most influential economist in the world. |
| July 23 2015 | Condemned Australian politician Greg Hunt's plan to eradicate 2 million cats to save endangered species. |
| 2013 | Began collaborating with Kagyupa International Monlam Trust of India to operate an annual veterinary care camp in Bodhgaya. |
| 2013 | He was awarded the SAGE-CASBS Award for Social Science. |
| 2013 | Kahneman received the McGovern Award in Science from the Cosmos Club. |
| August 8 2013 | President Barack Obama announced that Daniel Kahneman would be a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. |
| 2012 | First World Happiness Report was published, detailing world happiness, its causes, policy implications, and featuring case studies on Bhutan's Gross National Happiness index, the UK Office for National Statistics, and OECD member countries. |
| 2012 | He was accepted as a corresponding academician at the Real Academia Española in Economic and Financial Sciences. |
| 2011 | Publication of 'The Oxford Handbook of Positive Organizational Scholarship', which further developed the application of positive psychology to workplace contexts and organizational behavior. |
| 2011 | Martin Seligman published 'Flourish', where he expanded his theory of a happy life and introduced the PERMA model, presenting a comprehensive framework for understanding well-being and positive psychology. |
| 2011 | He received an honorary degree from Carnegie-Mellon University. |
| 2011 | He became a Distinguished Fellow of The American Economic Association. |
| 2011 | His book 'Thinking, Fast and Slow' won the Los Angeles Times Book Award for Current Interest. |
| 2011 | Kahneman's book 'Thinking, Fast and Slow,' which summarizes much of his research, was published and became a best seller. Additionally, he was named one of the top global thinkers by Foreign Policy magazine. |
| 2011 | 'Thinking, Fast and Slow' also won the National Academy of Sciences Communication Award for the best book published in 2011. |
| November 9 2011 | Kahneman was awarded the Talcott Parsons Prize by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. |
| June 2011 | UN General Assembly passed the Bhutanese Resolution, calling for nations to prioritize happiness and well-being in measuring social and economic development. |
| May 25 2011 | Sea Shepherd Conservation Society renamed their fast interceptor vessel MV Gojira to MV Brigitte Bardot in appreciation of her support. |
| April 22 2011 | Wrote a critical letter to French culture minister Frédéric Mitterrand protesting the inclusion of bullfighting in France's cultural heritage. |
| 2010 |
Donald Winnicott
Winnicott's work is referenced by philosopher Bernard Stiegler in his book 'What Makes Life Worth Living: On Pharmacology', highlighting his ongoing theoretical influence.
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| 2010 | Kahneman was awarded an honorary degree by the University of Michigan. |
| 2010 | Kahneman received the Leontief Prize from Tufts University. |
| August 2010 | Addressed a letter to Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, appealing to halt the killing of dolphins in the Faroe Islands, which she described as a 'macabre spectacle'. |
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