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*Article on how an elephant without chains will still think it has chains - https://pmcounseling.wordpress.com/2014/01/07/the-elephant-syndrome-learned-helplessness/ | *Article on how an elephant without chains will still think it has chains - https://pmcounseling.wordpress.com/2014/01/07/the-elephant-syndrome-learned-helplessness/ | ||
*Dr. [[Martin Seligman]] is the 'father of learned helplessness' - ie, the guy who studied it | *Dr. [[Martin Seligman]] is the 'father of learned helplessness' - ie, the guy who studied it | ||
*And - Seligman studies in humans showed why optimism is critical for coping - otherwise, we learn to be helpless. Article above is insightful. | |||
Latest revision as of 19:21, 22 April 2022
Learned Helplessness
- Article on how an elephant without chains will still think it has chains - https://pmcounseling.wordpress.com/2014/01/07/the-elephant-syndrome-learned-helplessness/
- Dr. Martin Seligman is the 'father of learned helplessness' - ie, the guy who studied it
- And - Seligman studies in humans showed why optimism is critical for coping - otherwise, we learn to be helpless. Article above is insightful.