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Martin Seligman
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American psychologist and writer
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1942-08-12 ) August 12, 1942 (age 83) , Albany, New York , U.S.
- Alma mater
- Princeton University ( AB ) University of Pennsylvania ( PhD )
- Known for
- Positive psychology Learned helplessness
- Awards
- James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award (1995) Joseph Zubin Award (1997) APA Award for Lifetime Contributions to Psychology (2017)
- Fields
- Psychology
- Institutions
- University of Pennsylvania
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Martin
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Albany
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- University of Pennsylvania
- Employer
- University of Pennsylvania
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- learned helplessness
- Sport
- contract bridge
- Image
- Martin Seligman Philadelphia 2009.jpg
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- name in native language
- Martin Elias Peter Seligman
- date of birth
- 1942-08-12
- short name
- Martin Seligman
- Academia.edu profile URL
- independent.academia.edu/MartinSeligman
- Commons category
- Martin Seligman
- influenced by
- Aaron Beck
- interested in
- major depressive disorder
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Encyclopedic overview
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Martin Elias Peter Seligman (/ˈsɛlɪɡmən/; 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. His theory of learned helplessness is popular among scientific and clinical psychologists. A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Seligman as the 31st most cited psychologist of the 20th century.
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