Martin E. P. Seligman, Author . Free Press $26 (336p) ISBN 978-0-7432-2297-6
In his latest user-friendly road map for human emotion, the author of the bestselling Learned Optimism
proposes ratcheting the field of psychology to a new level. "Relieving the states that make life miserable... has made building the states...
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Martin E. P. Seligman, Author Alfred A Knopf Inc $19.95 (319p) ISBN 978-0-394-57915-3
Not just another paean to positive thinking, psychologist Seligman's pep talk is grounded in clinical evidence that pessimists give up more easily, get depressed more often and are more susceptible to disease than are optimists. Our ``explanatory...
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Martin E. P. Seligman, Author Alfred A. Knopf $23 (317p) ISBN 978-0-679-41024-9
Psychologist Seligman ( Learned Optimism ) here examines common psychological disorders according to their biological and societal, or learned, components. Most enlightening are his analyses of the effectiveness of relaxation, meditation,...
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Martin E.P. Seligman, Free Press, $26 (336p) ISBN 978-1-4391-9075-3
Seligman, a psychology professor at the University of Pennsylvania and the guru of the "positive psychology" movement, abandons his previous emphasis on happiness, which he now views as simplistic, to examine how individuals might achieve a richer,...
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Martin E. P. Seligman, Author, Seligman, Author, Karen Reivich, With Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $24.95 (336p) ISBN 978-0-395-69380-3
According to noted psychologist Seligman (Learned Optimism), 30% of American children suffer from depression. Further, his studies demonstrate that ``pessimistic children are at much higher risk for becoming depressed than optimistic children.'' His
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