Questions tagged [learned-helplessness]
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Does the “learned” in “learned helplessness” refer specifically to behaviorism's conditioning?
I was said that because the experiment of Seligman that gave birth the theory of learned helplessness was an expansion of Pavlov's experiment, hence the word "learned" in the term should be ...
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Why is the effectiveness of treatments for abusers and offenders low?
When there is an abuse happening, usually the perspectives of each side are:
Police and social worker: How to protect the victim?
The abuser: How to get out of trouble?
These goals are different, ...
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How widespread is learned-helplessness in society?
Looking at these resources:
Wikipedia, Learned helplessness
Christopher Peterson, Learned Helplessness, 2010
Mario Mikulincer, Human Learned Helplessness: A Coping Perspective, 2013
I'm still unable ...
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How does one escape learned helplessness?
I've been researching learned helplessness lately, an idea that seems to be responsible for much of the negative behavior observed in humans. Basically, the idea is that once repeatedly exposed to an ...
