How does learned helplessness impact a persons ability to learn Social Learning Cognitive Learning l atent learning cognitive m aps Edward Tolman learned h elplessness Modeling observational learning ID: 482697
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What is helplessness?
How does learned helplessness impact a person’s ability to learn?Slide2
Social Learning
Cognitive Learning:
l
atent learning, cognitive
m
aps, Edward
Tolman
, learned
h
elplessness
Modeling: observational learning,
disinhibition
Behavior Modification:
Computer-Assisted Instruction
Token Economies
Self-ControlSlide3
Let’s Imagine!
Imagine you are taking a really difficult Psychology exam. Some of the material on the exam you have never even seen before! Furthermore, you have done poorly on your last two Psychology exams.
How would you react?Slide4
The Experiment:
Two groups of college students were put into separate rooms.
Group
1:
this group was exposed to a loud noise, but they
could
turn it off
.
Group 2: this group was exposed to a loud noise, but
could not
turn it off.
Both groups were put into the same room and were exposed to the noise again, only this time ALL participants could control the noise with a lever.
Only Group 1 used the lever to control the noise.
WHY?Slide5
The Reason:
The reason only Group 1 used the lever to control the noise was because Group 2 develop Learned Helplessness.Slide6
What is Learned Helplessness?
A condition in which repeated attempts to control a situation fail, resulting in the belief that the situation is uncontrollable.
Martin Seligman
3 Elements of Learned Helplessness:
1. Stability
Globality
InternalitySlide7
Learned Helplessness: Stability
Result of permanent characteristics.
Going back to our Psych exam example:
“I have never done well in Psych, and I never will!”Slide8
Learned Helplessness:
globality
Globality
is not specific, but general.
Going
back to our Psych exam example:
“I’m just dumb!” as opposed to “I am no good at Psych!”Slide9
Learned Helplessness:
Internality
Rather than blaming and external factor, they blame themselves and their own inadequacies.
Going
back to our Psych exam example:
External: “This was an unfair Psych exam!”
Internal: “I am not smart enough to take Psych!”Slide10
Impact of
Learned Helplessness
How does Learned Helplessness impact an individual, more specifically, their ability to learn new things?