Learned Helplessness In Life, Relationships & Sports | Episode 5 | Full Episodes | PWMW Podcast
Psychology With My Wife PodcastJune 07, 202200:58:15

Learned Helplessness In Life, Relationships & Sports | Episode 5 | Full Episodes | PWMW Podcast

Why would someone continue to do something when it’s clearly unhealthy for them? Learned helplessness can happen to anyone under the right circumstances. Today’s episode we will take a look at Martin Seligman's learned helplessness experiment and and how we can come back from being unable to escape your circumstances.

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References:

Seligman, M. E. P. (1972). "Learned helplessness". Annual Review of Medicine. 23 (1): 407–412. doi:10.1146/annurev.me.23.020172.002203

Learned Optimism in the Classroom:
https://health.howstuffworks.com/mental-health/coping/learned-optimism-health-benefits.htm

Learned Optimism - Martin Seligman
Seligman, Martin. Learned Optimism. New York, NY: Pocket Books. 1998.

Inducing Learned Helplessness In The Classroom:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFmFOmprTt0

VerywellMind:
https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-learned-helplessness-2795326

PositivePsychology:
https://positivepsychology.com/learned-optimism/