Martin Seligm The New Era Of Positive Psychology

When a person thinks about the human body and how it works, the study of psychology may not be the first thing to come to mind. Many have argued the importance William Wundt is often considered the founder of psychology because he opened the first Experimental Psychology lab in 1879. Since then there have been countless developments in truly understanding how the human mind works and how environmental factors behavior. Martin Seligman discusses great reasoning and facts in his lecture titled “The New Era of Positive Psychology” that make the broad topic much easier to understand. He reviews the basic science of psychology, discusses why psychology is good and describes how a person can truly live a happy life.

To begin, Seligman goes over the science and background of psychology. He describes how psychology is measurable and can be classified into many groups. Throughout time, there have been many experiments performed with use random assignment placebo designs to investigate how the mind works and what truly changes a person’s behavior. Finding the reasoning for why a person acts can be linked to genetics, social environments, nature vs. nurture theories and the wiring of the
In early times, when a person was considered “crazy” they were shipped off the the loony bin but in modern times the world has advanced in knowledge making it easier for those with mental disorders to live a normal happy life. Fourteen disorders are now very treatable amplifying the success of modern day psychologists. When treating a patient, professionals should be as concerned with strengths as weaknesses, interested in bringing good to lives, and making the lives of “normal” people fulfilling. Like all advancements in science, there have been negative effects from psychology. Psychologists have become victimologists forgetting about improving normal lives and not enough positive