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'''Learned helplessness''' is an important theory of [[psychology]] discovered accidentally by Dr. [[Martin E. P. Seligman]]. Dr. Seligman was experimenting with dogs who had been [[classically conditioned]] to expect a shock after hearing a tone. Those dogs were placed in room where part of the floor was electrified and part was not. The dogs which had been conditioned to expect the shock made no effort to escape the shock even if it meant little effort.

'''Learned helplessness''' is an important theory of [[psychology]] discovered accidentally by Dr. Martin E. P. Seligman. Dr. Seligman was experimenting with dogs who had been trained to expect a shock after hearing a tone using [[classical conditioning]]. Those dogs were placed in room where part of the floor was electrified and part was not. The dogs which had been conditioned to expect the shock made no effort to escape the shock even if it meant little effort.

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The idea is that when subjugated to adverse conditions for long enough an animal, or a human, stops fighting the conditions and just learns to live with them and will not try to overcome them because of the appearance of futility.[http://allpsych.com/personalitysynopsis/learned_helplessness.html]

The idea is that when subjugated to adverse conditions for long enough an animal, or a human, stops fighting the conditions and just learns to live with them and will not try to overcome them because of the appearance of futility.[http://allpsych.com/personalitysynopsis/learned_helplessness.html]

 

==Implications for Human Psychology==

==Implications for Human Psychology==