Michael W. Fordyce, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Happiness psychologist
Date of Birth: 14-Dec-1944
Date of Death: 24-Jan-2011
Profession: psychologist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Michael W. Fordyce
- Michael W.
- Fordyce (December 14, 1944 – January 24, 2011) was a psychologist and a pioneer researcher in the field of empirical happiness measurement and intervention.
- As a forerunner who approached "happiness" as an applied science, he ushered-in the modern academic branch of Positive PsychologyFordyce contributed a happiness-measurement article to the journal Social Indicators Research, which ranked in the journal's top 2.4% most-cited articles.
- He demonstrated that happiness can be statistically measured and willfully increased (i.e.
- through "volitional" behavior).Fordyce worked at Edison Community College (Fort Myers, Florida) where he taught a data-driven "happiness training program" for over three decades.
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