Learned helplessness in humans

Abramson, L. Y., Seligman, & Teasdale, J. D. (1978). Learned helplessness in humans: Critique and reformulation. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 87(1), 49-74.

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1978

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https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-843X.87.1.49verified

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psychology

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• Learned Helplessness
  • added cognitive precision: the degree of helplessness depends on attributional style — the explanations the organism develops for the initial failure.

    This sourceFoundational reformulation introducing attributional model (stable/global/internal vs. unstable/specific/external explanations).

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