Concept information
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industrial psychology
understanding and assessing individual differences
personality assessment
emotion
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alternative education
gifted and talented education
psychology of gifted and talented education
social development
Preferred term
learned helplessness
Definition
- Learned helplessness is a behavior pattern involving a maladaptive response characterized by avoidance of challenges, negative affect, and the collapse of problem-solving strategies when obstacles arise. Three components are necessary for learned helplessness to be present: contingency, cognition, and behavior. [Source: Encyclopedia of Human Development; Learned Helplessness]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/learned_helplessness
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