Learned Helplessness: A Theory for the Age of Personal Control by Christopher Peterson, Martin E.P. Seligman

Learned Helplessness: A Theory for the Age of Personal Control

Christopher Peterson, Martin E.P. Seligman

376 pages first pub 1993 (editions)

nonfiction psychology self help challenging informative slow-paced

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When experience with uncontrollable events gives rise to the expectation that events in the future will also elude control, disruptions in motivation, emotion, and learning may ensue. "Learned helplessness" refers to the problems that arise in the...

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