Total CE Credit Hours: 11 Course Info URL: https://www.ce-credit.com/courses/4130
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This book is a psychological discussion of pessimism, optimism, learned helplessness, explanatory style, and depression, and how these affect success, health, and quality of life.
This course is based on the book, Learned Optimism created by Seligman, Martin E.P., Ph.D.
Course Material Author
Seligman, Martin E.P., Ph.D.
He is professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania and past president of the American Psychological Association. Dr. Seligman is the leading authority in the world on learned helplessness and on explanatory style. He has written more than 12 books and more than one hundred fifty articles on motivation. His research has been supported by the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institute on Aging, the National Science Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation, and the Guggenheim Foundation.
Seligman, Martin E.P., Ph.D. authored the material only, and was not involved in creating this CE course. They are identified here for your own evaluation of the relevancy of the material this course is based on.
to be able to describe how pessimists and optimists tend to think about life
to be able to explain how rumination combined with pessimistic explanatory style contribute to depression
to be able to teach others the skills of learned optimism
Availability
This course is available starting Jan 1st, 2003 and expires Oct 30th, 2019
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Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships
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Planners and Reviewers
The planners of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships.
Material Authors
There are no known relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Course Creator
Keith Gibson, Ph.D. – There are no known relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Commercial support
There is no commercial support for this distance-learning course.
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