Question

This scholar wrote a paper comparing typical “efficacy study” methodology to a flawed Consumer Reports survey on the effectiveness of psychotherapy. This man co-authored “Agency in ancient China” with his former grad student Yukun Zhao, who in 2023 used all of this man’s writings without consent to train an AI chatbot based on him. With two younger researchers, this man found that people who blame internal, stable, and global causes for life events tend to have an “attributional style” conducive to depression. This man and Christopher Peterson (10[1])co-wrote the book Character Strengths (10[2])and Virtues as a counterpart (10[1])to the (10[1])DSM. (10[1])This man’s book Flourish (10[1])presents the five-attribute PERMA model (10[1])of well-being. For (-5[1])10 points, name this American founder (10[1])of positive psychology (10[1]-5[4])whose dog-shocking (10[1])experiments (10[1])underlie (10[1])learned (10[1]-5[1])helplessness theory. (10[1])■END■ (10[3]0[2])

ANSWER: Martin Seligman [or Martin Elias Peter Seligman; prompt on Ask Martin by asking “what real person is that chatbot based on?”] (The younger researchers mentioned in the third line are Lyn Abramson and Carl L. von Baeyer.)
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Summary

2025 ACF Nationals04/19/2025Y2090%0%30%111.89

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Chris SimsNorthwesternOhio State8610
Parth JagtapToronto CVirginia9110
Akshar GoyalIllinois APenn State9110
Raymond ChenToronto BMinnesota9610
Ryan RosenbergNYURutgers9810
Amogh KulkarniGeorgia StateVirginia Tech9910
Swapnil GargUC Berkeley AToronto A10310
Albert Yingzhi NyangLSECornell A10810
Anuttam RamjiUC Berkeley BJohns Hopkins111-5
Rayton LinWaterloo BTexas11710
Jeffrey XuGeorgia TechColumbia B120-5
Neal JoshiWUSTL AIndiana120-5
Jay KimChicago BRIT120-5
Ethan SkolnickWUSTL BChicago A120-5
Nitin RaoHarvardWaterloo A12010
Yared TadesseCornell BIowa State12210
Jonathan ShaufNorth Carolina AMaryland12310
Moses KitakuleColumbia ABritish Columbia12410
Nathan SheffieldMITFlorida12510
Leo LawFloridaMIT125-5
Sinecio MoralesJohns HopkinsUC Berkeley B12710
Cade ReinbergerRITChicago B1280
Jakob MyersIndianaWUSTL A12810
Olin BoseColumbia BGeorgia Tech1280
Ned TagtmeierChicago AWUSTL B12810
Jem BurchYaleIllinois B12810