12∞ · Question 11.8.7
What is learned helplessness?
A state in which someone who has repeatedly been unable to affect what happens to them stops trying, even after change becomes possible.
From the book 12∞ Twelve to Infinity by D.R. Davenport. The full answer is free to read with an iBelieve account.
Where it sits in the book
- Part
- 11: How Humanity Got Here
- Gate
- 11.8: The Psychology of Going Along
- In print
- Page 378
- ← 11.8.6 · Can whole populations be conditioned by fear?
- 11.8.8 → · Why do people stand by when someone needs help?
- All of Part 11
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