Learned Helplessness and Expectancy Factors: Implications for Research in Learning Disabilities.

Thomas, Adele

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ERIC Number: EJ205670

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Publication Date: 1979

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Learned Helplessness and Expectancy Factors: Implications for Research in Learning Disabilities.

Thomas, Adele

Review of Educational Research, v49 n2 p208-21 Spr 1979

Learned helplessness is a state of passivity and loss of persistence resulting from individuals' perceptions, over a period of time, that they cannot control outcomes of events nor can their efforts lead to attainment of goals. Research studies are reviewed and implications for the study of learning disabilities are evaluated. (MH)

Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Educational Research, Expectation, Failure, Helplessness, Individual Power, Learning Disabilities, Locus of Control, Motivation, Research Reviews (Publications), Self Concept

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Language: English

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