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MARTIN E.P. SELIGMAN
r n E.P. Seligman Quick FactsAreas: Positive Psychology; Learned Optimism
: Author; Lecturer; Columnist; Cognitive Psychologist;
Former APA President; Psychology Professor
mic Affiliation: University of Pennsylvanian E.P. Seligman BiographyMain
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Society’s William James Fellow Awardsion, and optimism and pessimism. He is currently The Fox Leadership
fe sor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania and Director of the
e Psychology Network. In 1996, he was elected president of the American
ological Association.Since 2000, Dr. Seligman has been promoting the field of po
discipline that includes the study of positive emotion, positive character traits, and
positive institutions. He trains positive psychologists to make the world a happier
place. Dr. Seligman’s best-selling books, translated into 20 languages, include
Learned Optimism, Authentic Happiness, The Optimistic Child, and What You Can
Change...And What You Can’t.
Dr. Seligman holds an A.B. degree in philosophy from Princeton University and a
Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. He also holds an
honorary Ph.D. from Uppsala University in Sweden and a Doctorate of Humane
Letters from the Massachusetts College of Professional Psychology. Dr. Seligm
has received the American Psychological
for contribution to basic science, and the James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award for
the application of psychological knowledge.
David Riklan’s favorite Martin E.P. Seligman Quotes and Thoughts
- The defining characteristic of pessimists is that they tend to believe that bad
events will last a long time, will undermine everything they do, and are their
own fault. The optimists, who are confronted with the same hard knocks of
this world, think about misfortune in the opposite way. They tend to believe