Seligman
Published on Dec 10, 2016
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
WHO IS SELIGMAN?
- Dr. Seligman was born on August 12, 1942 in Albany, New York.
- Recieved his A.B. at Princeton University for Philosophy in 1964.
- Recieved his PHD at the University of Pennsylvania for Psychology in 1967.
- Dr. Martin Seligman is the director of:Positive psychology center and the Zellerbach family professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania.
- A leading authority in Positive Psychology, resilience, learned helplessness, optimism and pessimism.
CONTRIBUTION TO SOCIETY
- Co-founded the field of positive psychology
- Has written almost 20 self-help books
- Has written more than 250 scholarly publications
- Came up with the theory of learned helplessness
- Father of Modern Positive Psychology
WHEN?
- In the 1960s happiness was not thought to be measurable.
- In the 1980s Ed Diener began the fight for a psychological study of happiness.
- In 1997 Seligman worked with Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi to make positive psychology into a real branch of psychology.
- When 1998 came and Seligman was voted in as the president of thr American Psychological Association, positive psychology was born.
- During the 2000s seligman has mainly worked on promoting positive psychology.
WHERE?
- Studied at Princeton and The University of Pennsylvania.
- Did research at the University of Pennsylvania on learned helplessness.
- Initially set the stage for positive psychology in Hawaii.
- Still works at the University of Pennsylvania.
WHY DOES HIS RESEARCH MATTER?
- His research in learned helplessness and pessimism has made drepression easier to diagnose and treat.
- Most psychological research focuses on disorders while his is designed to better already good mental health.
- He researches techniques that can be used in everyday life to benefit peoples overall happiness.
- He focuses on what people do correctly to help us promote the good in our world and foster optimism.
- His work in learned helplessness has helped in the therapy of abuse victims.
AFFECTS ON MODERN PSYCHOLOGY
- Seligman co-created Positive Psychology,
- Came up with the learned helplessness theory,
- And continues to advocate and teach his theories to students.
- He has also inspired a host of scientists to expound on his studies keeping positive psychology alive.
MAKING A DIFFERENCE
- Positive psychology helps people with and without mental disorders.
- His positive psychology methods can be used in the workplace for better worker satisfaction and productivity.
- He has helped teach soldiers effective methods to withstand torture.
- Thousands of people have read and used his many self help books.
WOW!!
- 1998's President of the American Psychological Association.
- His books have been translated into over 20 languages.
- He has been on the frontbpage of New York Times and USA Today.
- He won the Laurel Award of the American Association for Applied Psychology and Prevention.
- He also won the Lifetime Achievement Award for Research in Psychopathology.
INTERESTING FACTOIDS
- Seligman has been criticized for his testing of learned helplessness on dogs through electric shocks.
- He won the Guggenheim Fellowship for social sciences.
- In late 1997 Sigelman rescued Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi from drowning in Hawaii.
- The same day he rescued Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi they drew the groundwork of positive psychology.
- Prior to that day they had never met each other.
