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Optimism is a teachable habit of explaining setbacks
Pessimistic explanations—not fixed personality—drive who gives up, gets depressed, and quits after failure.
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About Martin Seligman
Martin Elias Peter Seligman is an American psychologist, educator, and author of self-help books. Seligman is a strong promoter within the scientific community of his theories of well-being and 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.
Everything about Martin Seligman →- Occupation
- psychologist, bridge player, writer, university teacher
- Position held
- President of the American Psychological Association
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- August 12, 1942