Learned Helplessness
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- How Children LearnIn school, learned helplessness relates to poor grades, underachievement, and behavior difficulties. This article discusses teaching strategies to overcome this dysfunctional learning response.
Learned Helplessness: This is Why People Get Easily BamboozledA psychological condition in which people have learned to believe they are helpless in a particular situation. They believe they have no control over their situation and that whatever they do is futile.
Overcoming Learned HelplessnessLearned helplessness is a common and, sometimes, debilitating psychological state. Most people do not know they are suffering from this deeply ingrained pattern of thought and behavior. Recognizing learned helplessness is the first step towards healing.
Dangers of Aversive Training MethodsAggression begets aggression. Scientific research is proof there is fallout when using aversive training methods. To avoid behavior problems in dogs, it is best to avoid confrontational methods and explore positive reward-based methods.
MotivationTo know our behaviour, we must know the motives behind it. Here is a way to do the same.- Learning to Be HelplessBased on Seligman's Learned Helplessness Theory, this article discusses the way we learn to become helpless within various settings, and considers learned helplessness in relation to depression.