Described below are the happiness print and video materials offered to educators as well as the general public.

Now available "on-line" at this site, this two-volume set represents the most exhaustive treatment of Dr. Fordyce's theories and research to date. Updated recently to reflect the latest in the research findings in happiness studies.

Volume I, "Human Happiness: Its Nature," provides an all-inclusive review of past research and theory on personal happiness -- a "must read" for anyone interested in the scientific   findings regarding personal happiness.

Volume II, "Human Happiness: Its Attainment," gives the most detailed and extensive treatment yet available on Dr. Fordyce's own research-based strategies to aid average individuals enhance and increase their own personal happiness.

At present, the book is available free of charge to students, academics, and the general reading public. Click here to go to the free booksite.

 

Available here for free, online viewing, Michael Fordyce's The Psychology of Happiness  is an educational-television series which explores the ultimate of all human goals: personal happiness.

Produced in 1990, this classic, entertaining series provides a basic introduction to the research understanding of the nature of happiness as well as a special focus on Dr. Fordyce's own, research developed, "Fourteen Fundamentals Program" to increase personal happiness.

Presented by Dr. Fordyce, the 14 programs combine "live" studio lectures with "on-location" segments (from Hollywood to the Caribbean) and are designed for general audiences. Episodes average 57 minutes.

The Series Programs:

1		"What is Happiness?" introduces the concept of happiness and the importance it plays in one's life.
2		"What Happy People Have" provides a detailed statistical picture of the common characteristics of "the happiest people."
3		"The Good News & The Bad News" identifies the kinds of things one can and can't do about their own happiness.
4		"Test Your Happiness" provides a viewer-interactive assessment of one's own happiness strengths and weaknesses.
5		"The Happy Life-Style" begins training in many ways one can rearrange their life to become happier.
6		"The Arch-Enemy of Happiness" deals with the negative effects worry has on happiness and how this "enemy" of happiness can be conquered.
7		"The Last Thing You'd Expect" discusses the puzzling relationship between goal-setting, expectations, success and eventual happiness.
8		"The Royal Road" teaches how one can develop the most widely-reported trait of happy individuals: optimism.
9		"Get P. O. / Get B. O." explains two primary characteristics of happy people: "present-orientation" and "planfulness."
10		"Work On A Healthy Personality - I"  examines the close relationship between happiness and mental health, with a focus on self-concept, self-acceptance, self-knowledge, and autonomy.
11		"Work On A Healthy Personality - II"  continues the discussion of mental health and happiness. Topics include: overcoming shyness, the value of extroversion, and positive mental-health strategies.
12		"The Number 1 Source" deals with the most impactful source of personal happiness: close love-relationships!
13		"The Mountain of Love" continues to examine the nature of close love-relationships by presenting Dr. Fordyce's theoretical model of successful marriages.
14		"The Last Lesson" summarizes the entire course, along with the most important happiness-lesson of all.

Click here for online viewing of the series...

A short, 21-page booklet capsulizing Dr. Fordyce's "Fourteen Fundamentals" for happiness. This widely cited booklet serves as a primer for students and laypersons interested in the simple "basics" of personal happiness.

First printed in 1981, the booklet has gone through several revisions and some 19 printings. Currently, the booklet is no longer in print, thus we have made a scanned copy of the last printing available here at this site, free of cost, for those who wish to read it "online" or make copies. To access the "online" booklet, click here.