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Learned helplessness

Paperback • 1995 • English

Learned helplessness: a theory for the age of personal control

By Maier, Steven F, Peterson, Christopher, Seligman, Martin E. P.

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The psychological syndrome of learned helplessness is a uniquely modern phenomenon, and has been applied to a variety of human problems such as inappropriate passivity or demoralization. The best-known application of learned helplessness has been an explanation of depression, although numerous other extensions have been made, most recently to physical illness and death. This timely and valuable work examines learned helplessness with reference to contemporary culture of individuality and persona...Show more

Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints
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ISBN

9780195044676

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published year

1995

Language

English

Original title

Learned helplessness

Format

Paperback

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