learned helplessness

English - Turkish

Definition of learned helplessness in English Turkish dictionary

(Pisikoloji, Ruhbilim) öğrenilmiş çaresizlik

English - English

Definition of learned helplessness in English English dictionary

In psychology, a mental state in which a laboratory subject forced to bear aversive stimuli becomes unable or unwilling to avoid subsequent applications, even if they are "escapable," presumably through having learned that situational control is generally out of one's hands. Experiments, first on dogs and later on humans, led some researchers, including Martin E.P. Seligman (b. 1942) in Helplessness (1975), to believe that chronic failure, depression, and similar conditions are forms of learned helplessness. Critics have argued that different conclusions can be drawn from such tests and that broad generalizations are unwarranted

Hyphenation

learn·ed help·less·ness

Turkish pronunciation

lırnd helplısnıs

Pronunciation

/ˈlərnd ˈhelpləsnəs/ /ˈlɜrnd ˈhɛlpləsnəs/