This theory was first discovered when graduate students were attempting to verify Richard Solomon's "two process" theory. Further experiments were conducted with Hiroto, demonstrating the phenomenon across differing domains of action.  Its effects are moderated by how people explain events to themselves, either using a personal, permanent, or perva
This theory was first discovered when graduate students were attempting to verify Richard Solomon's "two process" theory. Further experiments were conducted with Hiroto, demonstrating the phenomenon across differing domains of action.  Its effects are moderated by how people explain events to themselves, either using a personal, permanent, or pervasive explanatory style. Altering one's explanatory style to overcome it is a focus of cognitive behavioral theory. First demonstrated in dogs that did not avoid an uncontrollable electric shock, this is, FTP, what condition in which people fail to take action to avoid discomfort, discovered by Martin Seligman?
This theory was first discovered when graduate students were attempting to verify Richard Solomon's "two process" theory.
learned helplessness