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Teich, Alan; Peregoy, Peter – 1982
According to the learned helplessness hypothesis, organisms exposed to uncontrollable events learn the independence between their responses and environmental outcomes. This learning is believed to interfere with subsequent behavior. To further examine the dimension of uncontrollability, 48 college students were given solvable, unsolvable, or…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, College Students, Emotional Problems, Helplessness
