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Learned Helplessness |
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learned helplessness [lurnd] a behavioral state and personality trait of a person who believes that he or she is ineffectual, his or her responses are futile, and control over reinforcers in the environment has been lost. It may be seen in depression. Learned Helplessness Animal behaviour A state of apathy or passiveness induced in experimental animals by classic—respondent or operant—instrumental conditioning
Geriatrics A state of over-dependency discordant with the degree of physical and mental disability seen in nursing home patients Psychiatry A state in which a person attempts to maintain a relationship with another by adopting a helpless, powerless stance learned helplessness Geriatric medicine A state of overdependency discordant with the degree of physical and mental disability seen in nursing home Pts Psychiatry A condition in which a person attempts to establish and maintain contact with
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