9780195044676-0195044673-Learned Helplessness: A Theory for the Age of Personal Control

Learned Helplessness: A Theory for the Age of Personal Control

ISBN-13: 9780195044676
ISBN-10: 0195044673
Edition: Reprint
Author: Christopher Peterson, Steven F. Maier, Martin E. P. Seligman
Publication date: 1995
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback 376 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780195044676
ISBN-10: 0195044673
Edition: Reprint
Author: Christopher Peterson, Steven F. Maier, Martin E. P. Seligman
Publication date: 1995
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback 376 pages

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Learned Helplessness: A Theory for the Age of Personal Control (ISBN-13: 9780195044676 and ISBN-10: 0195044673), written by authors Christopher Peterson, Steven F. Maier, Martin E. P. Seligman, was published by Oxford University Press in 1995. With an overall rating of 4.0 stars, it's a notable title among other Emotions (Mental Health) books. You can easily purchase or rent Learned Helplessness: A Theory for the Age of Personal Control (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Emotions books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $14.28.

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When experience with uncontrollable events gives rise to the expectation that events in the future will also elude control, disruptions in motivation, emotion, and learning may ensue. "Learned helplessness" refers to the problems that arise in the wake of uncontrollability. First described in the 1960s among laboratory animals, learned helplessness has since been applied to a variety of human problems entailing inappropriate passivity and demoralization. While learned helplessness is best known as an explanation of depression, studies with both people and animals have mapped out the cognitive and biological aspects. The present volume, written by some of the most widely recognized leaders in the field, summarizes and integrates the theory, research, and application of learned helplessness. Each line of work is evaluated critically in terms of what is and is not known, and future directions are sketched. More generally, psychiatrists and psychologists in various specialties will be interested in the book's argument that a theory emphasizing personal control is of particular interest in the here and now, as individuality and control are such salient cultural topics.

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