The discovery of learned helplessness was actually a surprise. The scientists who stumbled across it did so by accident during a series of experiments that could never be done today because they were so cruel and creepy. Don't miss out on Walmart plus week July 6th through the 13th. Visit betterhelp.com slash YANSS today to get the 10% off your first month.
Stuck in a bad situation, even when the prison doors are left wide open, we sometimes refuse to attempt escape. Why is that?
In this episode learn all about the strange phenomenon of learned helplessness and how it keeps people in bad jobs, poor health, terrible relationships, and awful circumstances despite how easy it might be to escape any one of those scenarios with just one more effort. In the episode, you'll learn how to defeat this psychological trap with advice from psychologists Jennifer Welbourne, who studies attributional styles in the workplace, and Kym Bennett who studies the effects of pessimism on health.
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