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'''Learned helplessness''' is
an important theory of [[psychology]] developed by Dr. [[Martin E. P. Seligman]]. "This theory, backed up by years of research, is that a great deal of [[depression]] grows out of a feeling of [[helplessness]]: the feeling that you cannot control your environment." [http://www.joelonsoftware.com/uibook/chapters/fog0000000057.html]