Learned optimism
Discusses how and why people become pessimistic, and outlines easy-to-follow techniques designed to help people overcome pessimistic tendencies and the depression that accompanies negative thoughts.
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- Full title :Learned optimism / Martin E.P. Seligman.
Summary
Discusses how and why people become pessimistic, and outlines easy-to-follow techniques designed to help people overcome pessimistic tendencies and the depression that accompanies negative thoughts.
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- Publication Date:©1990 [i.e. 1992]
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Pocket Books
- Place of Publication:New York, N.Y
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©1990 [i.e. 1992]
Notes
Originally published: New York : A.A. Knopf, 1991.
The Physical Object
- Description:319 pages ; : 21 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0671741586, 9780671741587
- oclc:ocm24373627
- LC Classification:BJ1477
- Dewey Decimal:155.2/32
Table of Contents
Two ways of looking at life -- Learning to be helpless -- Explaining misfortune -- Ultimate pessimism -- How you think, how you feel -- Success at work -- Children and parents: the origins of optimism -- School -- Sports -- Health -- Politics, religion, and culture: a new psychohistory -- The optimistic life -- Helping your child escape pessimism -- The optimistic organization -- Flexible optimism.
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