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Happiness is cognitive appraisal of pleasant experience. Therefore, it is more psychological rather economic, or political.

During my Gwahati visit long back, I get chance to interact with this group. In the class, they shouted loudly raising hand and said " I am alcoholic". It appears to me that this reduces social stigma. Got some info about them in wikipedia. This is given below: Alcoholics Anonymous  ( AA ) is an international  mutual aid  fellowship [1] founded in 1935 by  Bill Wilson  and  Dr. Bob Smith  in  Akron, Ohio . AA's stated "primary purpose" is to help  alcoholics "stay sober and help other alcoholics achieve  sobriety ". [2] [3] [4]  With other early members Bill Wilson and Bob Smith developed AA's  Twelve Step  program of spiritual and character development. AA's initial  Twelve Traditions  were introduced in 1946 to help the fellowship be stable and unified while disengaged from "outside issues" and influences.

Some useful tips for a successful interview at UPSC are: To have a positive body language To have a good personal appearance and ensuring the right posture To answer questions clearly and confidently Try to remain calm and composed even when faced with provocative questions Try not getting into long winded explanations and answer to the point. Things to Be Avoided at the UPSC Interview Avoid the expression, 'I am sorry.' Avoid conversational cliches, like: 'as you know', 'that's correct', 'of course', 'indeed', 'obviously', etc. Avoid technical jargon. However, if a member continues to probe you in any technical field, you can use technical expressions. Maintain a cheerful disposition. Now and then you can appear serious; but most of the time keep smiling or look cheerful and composed. One caution here: if the board laughs, you should only smile. It is only when you maintain some amount of distance that the boar...

Father's day: I can not remember him vividly.  But I developed one mixed schema about him. He participated in the National movement during British period. When he came to India from then East Pakistan, he struggled hard against poverty. He was born in Mymensingha in present Bangladesh. He was good writer. Using different name, he wrote regularly in some news paper. He collected many rare books, research articles from different rare sources. I was shocked when those rare things were sold. He was foresighted, philanthropic and good administrator. He took initiative in type and short hand writing for the young students and started training centre near by Prachi cinema hall, close to Sealdaha rail station. He was attached with George Telegraph Institute and Writer's building. He fought for communist movement in India. I was one or two months old when he expired.

  MHLT 2016 WORKSHOP ON LIFE CONTINGENCY TABLE FOR ESTIMATING MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY OF PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL DISEASES FEBRUARY 16-17, 2016 Organized by Psychology Research Unit About the Institute Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) is devoted to the research, teaching and application of statistics, natural sciences and social sciences. Founded by Professor P.C. Mahalanobis in Kolkata on 17th December, 1931, the institute gained the status of an Institution of National Importance by an act of the Indian Parliament in 1959. The Psychology Research Unit, a part of the Social Sciences Division of the Indian Statistical Institute, is continuing to conduct research on application of Statistics and Mathematics in explaining different psychological phenomena and psychological test development through different internal and external funding projects, sometimes in collaboration with scientists of other units of ISI/ or other organizations. Besides, the facu...

What is life table ? Life tables are used to describe age-specific mortality and survival rates for a population.  A life table is a table which shows, for a person at each age, what the probability is that they die before their next birthday. From this starting point, a number of statistics can be derived and thus also included in the table is: the probability of surviving any particular year of age the remaining life expectancy for people at different ages the proportion of the original birth cohort still alive. What are the types of life-table ? 1. Cohort or age-specific or dynamic life tables: a cohort is a group of individuals all born during the same time interval. To prepare cohort specific life table, data are collected by following a cohort throughout its life. 2. Static or time-specific life tables: age-distribution data are collected from a cross-section of the population at one particular time or during a short segment of time, such as through morta...

Flow is the experience of complete absorption in what one does.  It is the focuses on full involvement in the present moment. It is the intense and focused concentration on the present moment. It is merging of action and awareness and loss of awareness of one self as a social actor. It is the distortion of temporal experience.  It is the experience of the activities intrinsically rewarding.