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Encore: Does giving make you happy? with Dr. Catherine Sanderson
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Poler Family Professor and chair of the psychology department at Amherst College Dr. Catherine Sanderson joins Ron Steslow to talk about how giving can make you happier.
(02:08) What is happiness and how can we measure it?
(08:31) Does giving make you happy or do happy people give more?
(10:20) Types of giving and the impact on happiness
(14:50) The effect of giving on bad moods
(28:58) Gratitude letters
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