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Peer reviewedMaier, Steven F.; Seligman, Martin E. P. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 1976
Authors believes that three phenomena are all instances of "learned helplessness," instances in which an organism has learned that outcomes are uncontrollable by his responses and is seriously debilitated by this knowledge. This article explores the evidence for the phenomena of learned helplessness, and discussed a variety of theoretical…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Cognitive Processes, Diagrams, Emotional Response
