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Learned Helplessness

By: Gregory Benson, Paul E. Priester & Asma Jana-Masri
In: Encyclopedia of Counseling
Edited by: Frederick T. L. Leong
Subject:General Counseling & Psychotherapy, Counseling Psychology
Keywords:attribution; dogs; fencing; learned helplessness; racism; shock; stimuli

Learned helplessness is a condition that is brought about by repeated exposure to negative stimuli. The result is that the individual learns that there are no options and no possibility for an escape from the negative stimuli. Helplessness exists when an ...

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  Benson, G., Priester, P., & Jana-Masri, A. (2008). Learned helplessness. In F. T. Leong (Ed.), Encyclopedia of counseling (Vol. 1, pp. 1199-1200). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963978.n400
  
  Benson, Gregory, Paul E. Priester, and Asma Jana-Masri. "Learned Helplessness." In Encyclopedia of Counseling, edited by Leong, Frederick T. L., 1199-200. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963978.n400.
  
  Benson, G., Priester, P. and Jana-Masri, A. 2008. Learned Helplessness. In: Frederick T. Leong Editor, 2008. Encyclopedia of Counseling, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 1199-1200 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963978.n400> [Accessed 20 Jun 2021].
  
  Benson, Gregory, et al. "Learned Helplessness." Encyclopedia of Counseling. Edited by Frederick T. Leong. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2008, pp. 1199-200. SAGE Knowledge. 20 Jun 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963978.n400.
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