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#共建基于積極心理學(xué)的生活#
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Martin E. P. "Marty" Seligman (born August 12, 1942) is an American psychologist, educator, and author of self-help books. Since the late 90's, Seligman has been an avid promoter within the scientific community for the field of 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.
Seligman is the Zellerbach Family Professor of Psychology in the University of Pennsylvania's Department of Psychology. He was previously the Director of the Clinical Training Program in the department, and earlier taught at Cornell University.He is the director of the university's Positive Psychology Center.Seligman was elected President of the American Psychological Association for 1998.He is the founding editor-in-chief of Prevention and Treatment (the APA electronic journal) and is on the board of advisers of Parents magazine.
Seligman has written about positive psychology topics in books such as The Optimistic Child, Child's Play, Learned Optimism, and Authentic Happiness. His most recent book, Flourish, was published in 2011.
就在1998年美國(guó)心理協(xié)會(huì)主席就職致辭上，塞利格曼發(fā)出了令整個(gè)心理學(xué)界為之震動(dòng)的倡議，“心理學(xué)自佛羅伊德以來(lái)始終關(guān)注的是人類病態(tài)陰郁的探究，心理學(xué)家們熱衷于把-8的人提高到-2，而我的目標(biāo)是吧+2的人提升到+6。”
