Martin Seligman Has Sought to Promote the Development of Human

question 97

Multiple Choice

Martin Seligman has sought to promote the development of human strengths and virtues by means of

• A) a scientific movement known as positive psychology.
• B) catharsis in expressing your true emotions.
• C) the adaptation-level phenomenon.
• D) realizing how resilient we are.

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Definitions:

Historical Significance

The importance of an event, object, or person in affecting the course or understanding of history, meriting attention and study.

Cotton

A natural fiber harvested from the cotton plant, which became the foundation of a lucrative agricultural industry in the southern United States, largely based on slave labor before the Civil War.

Peculiar Institution

A euphemism for slavery in the antebellum South, emphasizing its distinctive and controversial nature.