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Barbara Fredrickson

Barbara Lee Fredrickson (born June 15, 1964) is an American professor in the department of psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she is the Kenan Distinguished Professor of Psychology. She is also the Principal Investigator of the Positive Emotions and Psychophysiology Lab (PEPLab) at the University of North Carolina at…

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Awards
Society of Experimental Social Psychology's Career Trajectory Award 2008 Inaugural Christopher Peterson Gold Medal 2013 Toronto-based TANG Foundation's Prize 2017
Born
(1964-06-15) June 15, 1964 (age 62)
Discipline
Psychologist
Doctoral advisor
Laura L. Carstensen
Institutions
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Notable ideas
Broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions

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Barbara Fredrickson

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related to Broaden-and-build · 10
Barbara Fredrickson → Broaden-and-Build Theory, Central, Did, Emotions, For, From, How, If, Positive Emotions, The
Awards · 1
Barbara Fredrickson → Society of Experimental Social Psychology's Career Trajectory Award 2008 Inaugural Christopher Peterson Gold Medal 2013 Toronto-based TANG Foundation's Prize 2017
Born · 1
Barbara Fredrickson → (1964-06-15) June 15, 1964 (age 62)
Discipline · 1
Barbara Fredrickson → Psychologist
Doctoral advisor · 1
Barbara Fredrickson → Laura L. Carstensen
Institutions · 1
Barbara Fredrickson → University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Notable ideas · 1
Barbara Fredrickson → Broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions
Notable works · 1
Barbara Fredrickson → Research in emotions and positive psychology
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Barbara Fredrickson → Social psychologist
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Barbara Fredrickson → Anticipated endings : an explanation for selective social interaction (1990)

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