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190 - Learned Helplessness (rebroadcast)

You Are Not So Smart

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The Effects of Fatalistic Thinking on Physical Health

People who have pessimistic, attribucional styles are going to assume an independence between what they do and what happens to them. This kind of thinking can also influence the way families and communities approach their health because it can become a sort of self-fulfilling prophecy. Jennifer Wellborn studies how people cope with stressors in the workplace.

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