Martin Seligman
Martin Seligman · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Founder of positive psychology and theorist of learned helplessness
1942, Albany, New York, United States
United States
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Martin Seligman is an American psychologist widely regarded as the founder of positive psychology, and earlier the discoverer of 'learned helplessness', which reshaped the understanding of depression. A longtime professor at the University of Pennsylvania, he directed a broad research program on well-being and resilience. He was born into a Jewish family in Albany, New York.
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Founder of positive psychology and theorist of learned helplessness
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Psychology
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