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Martin Elias Peter Seligman (/ ˈ s ɛ l ɪ ɡ m ə n /; born August 12, 1942) is an American psychologist, educator, and author of self-help books. Seligman is a strong promoter within the scientific community of his theories of well-being and positive psychology . [1]
Dr. Martin E.P. Seligman is the Director of the Penn Positive Psychology Center and Zellerbach Family Professor of Psychology in the Penn Department of Psychology. He is also Director of the Penn Master of Applied Positive Psychology program (MAPP).
Martin Seligman is a pioneer of Positive Psychology (the term itself was coined by Abraham Maslow ), not simply because he has a systematic theory about why happy people are happy, but because he uses the scientific method to explore happiness.
Aug 3, 2022 · Martin Seligman’s most famous work may be his research on the theory of learned helplessness. “Learned helplessness is a term specifying an organism learning to accept and endure unpleasant stimuli, and unwilling to avoid them, even when it is avoidable.”
Aug 11, 2023 · Martin Seligman, psychologist and author of self-help books, is known for his theory of learned helplessness and his work in positive psychology.
By shifting psychology’s focus from pessimism and gloom to optimism and hope, Martin Seligman echoes Victorian Robert Louis Stevenson’s dictum “There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy.”
Martin Seligman is the founder of positive psychology, a field of study that examines healthy states, such as happiness, strength of character and optimism.
Martin Seligman talks about psychology -- as a field of study and as it works one-on-one with each patient and each practitioner. As it moves beyond a focus on disease, what can modern psychology help us to become?
Martin E. P. Seligman is the Director of the Center, and a Professor of Psychology at Penn. The purpose of this website is to provide free resources where people can learn about Positive Psychology through readings, videos, research, opportunities, conferences, questionnaires with feedback and more.
Director of the Positive Psychology Center. AB, Philosophy, Princeton University; Ph.D., Psychology, University of Pennsylvania. Office Location: Solomon Labs, C23. Email: seligman@upenn.edu. Phone: 215-898-7173.
