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Martin E. P. Seligman

Martin E. P. Seligman
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Martin E. P. Seligman

Martin E.P. Seligman, Ph.D., the Robert A. Fox Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, works on positive psychology, learned helplessness, depression, ethnopolitical conflict, and optimism. Dr. Seligman's work has been supported by the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Science Foundation, the Guggenheim Foundation, the Mellon Foundation, and the MacArthur Foundation. He is the director of the Positive Psychology Network and scientific director of Foresight, Inc., a testing company that predicts success in various walks of life. He was for fourteen years the Director of the Clinical Training Program of the University of Pennsylvania... Read full bio

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Excerpt:
Excerpt 1 from Authentic Happiness
Oct 13, 2012
Flourish will be released on February 07, 2012 in Trade Paperback
Feb 07, 2012
Flourish is now available in Trade Paperback
Feb 07, 2012
Flourish will be released on April 05, 2011 in Hardcover, Compact Disk, eAudio, eBook
Apr 05, 2011
Flourish is now available in Hardcover, Compact Disk, eAudio, eBook
Apr 05, 2011
Audio Excerpt:
Flourish
Mar 19, 2011
Learned Optimism will be released on February 08, 2011 in Compact Disk
Feb 08, 2011
Learned Optimism is now available in Compact Disk
Feb 08, 2011
Audio Excerpt:
Learned Optimism
Feb 02, 2011
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from Authentic Happiness
Jul 12, 2009
Authentic Happiness is now available in eAudio
Nov 10, 2008
What You Can Change and What You Can't is now available in eAudio
Nov 10, 2008
Learned Optimism is now available in eAudio
Nov 10, 2008
Authentic Happiness will be released on December 06, 2006 in eAudio
Dec 06, 2006
Authentic Happiness is now available in eAudio
Dec 06, 2006
What You Can Change and What You Can't will be released on July 01, 2004 in eAudio
Jul 01, 2004

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..."local, temporary and changeable," you have an attitude that will help you succeed in most professions, writes Martin E. P. Seligman in his book, " Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting...
Northeast Times, August 16, 2012
...group also exercised more and went to the doctor less often. In another study, by leading gratitude researcher Martin E. P. Seligman, Ph.D., a University of Pennsylvania psychologist, people wrote and personally delivered a letter of thanks to someone...
Philadelphia Inquirer, August 16, 2012
...group also exercised more and went to the doctor less often. In another study, by leading gratitude researcher Martin E. P. Seligman, Ph.D., a University of Pennsylvania psychologist, people wrote and personally delivered a letter of thanks to someone...
Philly.com, August 15, 2012
...group also exercised more and went to the doctor less often. In another study, by leading gratitude researcher Martin E. P. Seligman, Ph.D., a University of Pennsylvania psychologist, people wrote and personally delivered a letter of thanks to someone...
Community Voice, June 22, 2012
...not “Thinking people who feel!” we are “Feeling people who think!” We looked at the work of Dr. Martin E. P. Seligman from the University of Pennsylvania, and his groundbreaking book on “Learned Optimism.” We saw that a pessimist generally...
AOL Health, June 21, 2012
...important to most voters (Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment, Martin E. P. Seligman, Ph.D. (Free Press 2002)). The positive correlation between happiness and emotional intelligence,...