On positive psychology - Martin Seligman
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Martin Seligman talks about psychology -- as a field of study and as it works one-on-one with each patient and each practitioner. As it moves beyond a focus on disease, what can modern psychology help us to become?
Seligman says that the disease model predisposed psychologists to think of everyone as victims. He comments: “We forgot that people made choices and decisions. We forgot responsibility.” What are the dangers of thinking about people at either extreme?
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