What Is Learned Helplessness?

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By WHITE HADE Published 11 months ago • 1 min read

What is learned helplessness?

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Learned helplessness is a psychological condition in which a person, after repeated failures or negative experiences, believes they have no control over situations’ outcomes and stops trying to improve or change them.

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