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<blockquote class="definition"><Ref>Sosteric, Mike, and Gina Ratkovic. Lightning Path Workbook Two - Healing. Vol. 2. Lightning Path Workbook Series. St. Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press, 2017. https://press.lightningpath.org/product/the-lightning-path-book-two-healing/.</ref> | <blockquote class="definition"> | ||
<blockquote class="definition">'''Learned Helplessness''' is a psychological/emotional state that develops when an individual is subjected to repeated aversive stimuli (abuse, neglect, etc.) over which it has no control over. When an individual is subjected to repeated aversive stimuli that it cannot control or escape, it comes to believe and behave as if it is powerless to do anything about it. When an individual or animal learns that it has no power over the world, it learns that it is helpless. | |||
<Ref>Sosteric, Mike, and Gina Ratkovic. Lightning Path Workbook Two - Healing. Vol. 2. Lightning Path Workbook Series. St. Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press, 2017. https://press.lightningpath.org/product/the-lightning-path-book-two-healing/.</ref> | |||
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Parental abuse, that is, assaults on defenceless children, can contribute to the development of learned helplessness in children. | |||
==Further Reading== | |||
Verywell Mind. “What Causes Learned Helplessness?” Accessed January 31, 2020. https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-learned-helplessness-2795326. | |||
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Learned Helplessness is a psychological/emotional state that develops when an individual is subjected to repeated aversive stimuli (abuse, neglect, etc.) over which it has no control over. When an individual is subjected to repeated aversive stimuli that it cannot control or escape, it comes to believe and behave as if it is powerless to do anything about it. When an individual or animal learns that it has no power over the world, it learns that it is helpless.
Related Terms
Notes
Parental abuse, that is, assaults on defenceless children, can contribute to the development of learned helplessness in children.
Further Reading
Verywell Mind. “What Causes Learned Helplessness?” Accessed January 31, 2020. https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-learned-helplessness-2795326.
Footnotes
- ↑ Sosteric, Mike, and Gina Ratkovic. Lightning Path Workbook Two - Healing. Vol. 2. Lightning Path Workbook Series. St. Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press, 2017. https://press.lightningpath.org/product/the-lightning-path-book-two-healing/.
