learned helplessness
Meanings
noun
- A psychological state arising after an individual is repeatedly exposed to uncontrollable negative events, leading them to perceive their actions as ineffective in altering their adverse circumstances.
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Etymology
From psychological research in the 1960s; details are at Wikipedia.
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