Author photo. Martin E.P. Seligman<br>Fox Leadership Professor of Psychology<br>Director, Positive Psychology Center<br>President, American Psychological Association, 1998

Martin E.P. Seligman
Fox Leadership Professor of Psychology
Director, Positive Psychology Center
President, American Psychological Association, 1998

Martin Seligman

Author of Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life

Includes the names: MEP Seligman, Martin Seligman, Seligman Martin, Martin E. Seligman, Martin E. P. Seligman, Martin E. P. Seligman, Martin Seligman Ph.D., Martin E.P. Phd Seligman, PH. D. Seligman Martin E.P., Мартин Селигман ... (see complete list)

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Martin e.p. Seligman, Ph.D., the Zellerbach Family 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. — biography from Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-being … (more)

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Works by Martin Seligman

Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life 1,564 copies, 20 reviews

Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your… 1,076 copies, 15 reviews

Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-being 570 copies, 14 reviews

What You Can Change and What You Can't: The Complete Guide to… 381 copies, 4 reviews

The Optimistic Child: Proven Program to Safeguard Children from Depression… 370 copies, 3 reviews

Character Strengths and Virtues: A Handbook and Classification 163 copies

Helplessness : on depression, development, and death 85 copies

Abnormal Psychology (Author) 69 copies

The Hope Circuit: A Psychologist's Journey from Helplessness to Optimism 52 copies, 1 review

Learned Helplessness: A Theory for the Age of Personal Control (Author) 30 copies

Homo Prospectus (Author) 22 copies

Abnormality 9 copies

Casebook and Study Guide/Abnormal Psychology (Rosenhan and Seligman) 6 copies

La Autentica Felicidad (Spanish Edition) 6 copies, 1 review

La vida que florece 3 copies

Wie wir aufblühen 3 copies

Vivre la psychologie positive 3 copies

Imparare l'ottimismo. Come cambiare la vita cambiando il pensiero 3 copies

Changer Oui C'Est Possible 2 copies

Abnormal Psychology 4th edition 2 copies

El circuito de la esperanza : el viaje de un psicólogo de la desesperanza… 2 copies

Martin Seligman 3 Books Collection Set (The Optimistic Child, Learned… 2 copies

Ehe õnn : uuest positiivsest psühholoogiast, mille teadvustamine aitab… 1 copy

What You Can Change . . . and What You Can't*: The Complete Guide to… 1 copy

True happiness(Chinese Edition) 1 copy

think yourself to health and high performance 1 copy

understanding and treating depression 1 copy

Pessimisten küsst man nicht Optimismus kann man lernen 1 copy

Postive psychology and positive interventions presented by the University… 1 copy

S'épanouir 1 copy

Fai fiorire la tua vita. Una nuova, rivoluzionaria visione della… 1 copy

Florecer (Spanish Edition) 1 copy

No puedo ser más alto pero puedo ser mejor : el tratamiento… 1 copy

Biological boundaries of learning (Century psychology series) 1 copy

APRENDA OPTIMISMO (Spanish Edition) 1 copy

By Martin E. P. Seligman - Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of… 1 copy

Per una felicità autentica. Realizza il tuo potenziale con la… 1 copy

Homo Prospectus 1 copy

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Handbook of Positive Psychology (Contributor) 82 copies

Positive Psychology in Practice (Foreword) 39 copies, 1 review

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