What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Social psychology
- Law
- World War II
Social psychology, Learned helplessness, Developmental psychology, Clinical psychology and Explanatory style are his primary areas of study.
His studies deal with areas such as Generality and Well-being as well as Social psychology.
He combines subjects such as Escape response, Neuroscience, Depression and Shock with his study of Learned helplessness.
Martin E. P. Seligman has included themes like Personality Assessment Inventory, Classical conditioning, Personality development and Anxiety in his Developmental psychology study.
His studies in Clinical psychology integrate themes in fields like Longitudinal study, Test validity and Risk factor.
Martin E. P. Seligman has researched Explanatory style in several fields, including Attributional style questionnaire and Cognitive style.
His most cited work include:
- Positive psychology: An introduction. (9287 citations)
- Learned Helplessness in Humans: Critique and Reformulation (5789 citations)
- Helplessness: On Depression, Development, and Death (4292 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
Social psychology, Clinical psychology, Learned helplessness, Developmental psychology and Explanatory style are his primary areas of study.
His Social psychology study frequently draws parallels with other fields, such as Well-being.
His Clinical psychology study also includes
- Depression which is related to area like Intervention,
- Psychological intervention which is related to area like Psychotherapist.
His study explores the link between Learned helplessness and topics such as Shock that cross with problems in Neuroscience.
Martin E. P. Seligman works mostly in the field of Developmental psychology, limiting it down to topics relating to Cognition and, in certain cases, Cognitive psychology, as a part of the same area of interest.
His Explanatory style research incorporates elements of Attributional style questionnaire and Cognitive style.
He most often published in these fields:
- Social psychology (27.73%)
- Clinical psychology (19.05%)
- Learned helplessness (17.37%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2015-2021)?
- Session (4.20%)
- Social psychology (27.73%)
- Psychotherapist (8.12%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Session, Social psychology, Psychotherapist, Optimism and Well-being.
Much of his study explores Social psychology relationship to Social media.
The concepts of his Psychotherapist study are interwoven with issues in Psychological intervention and Forgiveness.
His Well-being study combines topics in areas such as Life satisfaction, Prosperity, Positive psychology, Meaning and Positive emotion.
His Personality research includes elements of Developmental psychology and Gratitude.
His research investigates the connection with Developmental psychology and areas like Preparedness which intersect with concerns in Learned helplessness.
Between 2015 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- Learned helplessness at fifty: Insights from neuroscience. (207 citations)
- PERMA and the building blocks of well-being (87 citations)
- Using wellbeing for public policy: Theory, measurement, and recommendations (78 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Law
- Social psychology
- World War II
His main research concerns Well-being, Social psychology, Positive psychology, Optimism and Social media.
Martin E. P. Seligman interconnects Life satisfaction, Attribution, Meaning, Psychoanalysis and Positive emotion in the investigation of issues within Well-being.
His study in Personality and Values in Action Inventory of Strengths falls under the purview of Social psychology.
His Personality study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Developmental psychology, Adolescent development, Self-control and Gratitude.
As part of his studies on Positive psychology, he frequently links adjacent subjects like Positive economics.
His research in Optimism intersects with topics in Convergence, Gerontology, Cardiovascular health, Health psychology and Preventive cardiology.
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