Martin Seligman

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academic author human professor psychologist

Martin Seligman is an American psychologist best known as a founder of positive psychology and for his work on learned helplessness and well-being.

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instanceOf	academic → author → human → professor → psychologist →
academicDiscipline	psychology →
countryOfCitizenship	United States →
educatedAt	Princeton University → University of Pennsylvania →
employer	University of Pennsylvania →
familyName	Seligman →
fieldOfWork	clinical psychology → learned helplessness → positive psychology → psychology → well-being research →
genre	non-fiction → popular psychology → self-help →
givenName	Martin →
influenced	development of positive psychology movement →
knownFor	PERMA model of well-being → authentic happiness theory → founding positive psychology → research on well-being → theory of learned helplessness →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
name	Martin Seligman →
nationality	United States →
notableWork	Authentic Happiness → Flourish → Helplessness: On Depression, Development, and Death → Learned Optimism → The Optimistic Child → What You Can Change and What You Can’t →
occupation	author → psychologist → university professor →
positionHeld	director of the Positive Psychology Center at the University of Pennsylvania → president of the American Psychological Association → professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania →
researchInterest	character strengths → depression → optimism → resilience →
theory	PERMA model → authentic happiness theory → learned helplessness →
workInstitution	University of Pennsylvania →

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Martin Seligman ("Seligman") →	familyName
University of Pennsylvania →	hasNotableFaculty
Martin Seligman →	name
positive psychology →	popularizedBy