Positive Psychology in a Pandemic, with Martin Seligman, PhD

Speaking of Psychology

Kim Mills

Health & Fitness, Life Sciences, Science, Mental Health

4.3 • 781 Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Over the past 20 years, the field of positive psychology has grown from a fledgling idea to a worldwide movement. Positive psychology is the scientific study of the strengths that enable individuals and communities to thrive. Former APA president Martin Seligman, PhD, a professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania and the founder of positive psychology, joins us to discuss what positive psychology has to say about flourishing in tough times, such as a pandemic. Are you enjoying Speaking of Psychology? We’d love to know what you think of the podcast, what you would change about it, and what you’d like to hear more of. Please take our listener survey at www.apa.org/podcastsurvey. Links Martin Seligman, PhD The Hope Circuit by Martin Seligman, PhD Music New York Jazz Loop by FoolBoyMedia via Freesound.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.7	Over the past 20 years, the field of positive psychology has grown from a fledgling idea to a worldwide movement.
0:35.7	Positive psychology is a scientific study of the strengths that enable
0:39.3	individuals and communities to thrive. It is based on the idea that psychological research
0:45.3	can help us understand the characteristics and qualities that allow people to lead more meaningful
0:51.3	and then design techniques to help them do that.
0:56.2	After a year when many of us have had a hard time staying optimistic, most of us would welcome
1:00.7	any tips on how to become more positive.
1:04.1	What does positive psychology have to say about flourishing in tough times such as a pandemic?
1:09.7	And for people who are not optimistic by nature, is there
1:12.5	anything they can do to become more positive? Does being positive offer particular benefits,
1:18.6	such as perhaps greater resistance to viruses? Welcome to speaking of psychology, the flagship
1:25.0	podcast of the American Psychological Association that examines
1:28.7	the links between psychological science and everyday life.
1:32.1	I'm Kim Mills.
1:35.9	Our guest today is Dr. Martin Seligman, a professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania
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