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Psychological Phenomena > Psychology, Applied > Psychology, Educational > Learning > Helplessness, Learned
Psychological Phenomena > Mental Processes > Learning > Helplessness, Learned
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms > Defense Mechanisms > Helplessness, Learned

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Helplessness, Learned  

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  • Learned Helplessness

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  • Learned expectation that one's responses are independent of reward and, hence, do not predict or control the occurrence of rewards. Learned helplessness derives from a history, experimentally induced or naturally occurring, of having received punishment/aversive stimulation regardless of responses made. Such circumstances result in an impaired ability to learn. Used for human or animal populations. (APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 1994)

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