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learned helplessness
learned helplessness Learned helplessness is a learned belief that a person’s or animal’s actions do not affect rewards or unpleasant outcomes.
Learned helplessness is a learned belief that a person’s or animal’s actions do not affect rewards or unpleasant outcomes. It develops after repeated experiences of punishment or aversive events happening regardless of what is done, and can reduce later ability to learn effective responses.