Martin Seligman, often regarded as the father of positive psychology, has described multiple visions of what it means to live happily, including the Pleasant Life (Hollywood’s view of happiness ...

Make the world go away. If only it were possible. There’s seemingly no escape from one of the most polarizing election years in recent history.

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The term was coined in 1967 by the American psychologists Martin Seligman and Steven Maier. The pair were conducting research on animal behavior that involved delivering electric shocks to dogs.

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Where Does Optimism Come From? Can It Be Learned? Dr. Martin Seligman is best known as a pioneer in the field of positive psychology. Some of his most profound work is on the topic of learned ...

The concept of positive psychology was popularised in the late 1990s by psychologists Martin Seligman and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. They advocated for a shift from the traditional problem-focused ...

As University of Pennsylvania psychologist Martin Seligman’s research showed, every one of us can develop more resilience, learn how to better bounce back from setbacks, and stay the course ...

Dr. Lisa Miller obtained her B.A. from Yale University and her Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania where she studied under Dr. Martin Seligman. Her research and scholarly interests are in ...

Adam Seligman, one of our most important social thinkers, continues the incisive critique of modernity he began in his previously acclaimed The Idea of Civil Society and The Problem of Trust. In this ...

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