08/14/2026
Today in the History of Psychology (12th August 1942), Martin Seligman was born. A world renowned psychologist, Dr. Seligman has conducted pioneering research within a variety of fields, most notably: positive psychology, resilience, learned helplessness, depression, optimism/pessimism and well-being. A leading academic, he is the director of the Positive Psychology Center at the University of Pennsylvania where he has produced a prolific body of work consisting of over 250 scholarly publications and more than 20 books.
Among his many professional accolades, Dr. Seligman received the American Psychological Association (APA) Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions and was the recipient of both the American Psychological Society's William James Fellow Award (for contribution to basic science) and the James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award (for the application of psychological knowledge).
Still active within the discipline, Dr. Seligman is currently conducting foundational research into Prospective Psychology, exploring such things as mental and emotional representations of potential future events and how people are drawn to the future rather than being driven by the past.
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