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    Martin Seligman discovered the theory of learned helplessness through an experiment he conducted with Steve Maier at the University of Pennsylvania in 1965. In the experiment, they repeatedly shocked dogs and rang a bell beforehand, causing the dogs to associate the shocks with the bell and react even when no shock was administered. When later given the opportunity to escape to an unshocked area, the dogs had learned to be helpless and did not try to escape. The experiment demonstrated that repeated uncontrollable stressful events can cause learned helplessness and passivity.

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    Martin Seligman discovered the theory of learned helplessness through an experiment he conducted with Steve Maier at the University of Pennsylvania in 1965. In the experiment, they repeatedly shocked dogs and rang a bell beforehand, causing the dogs to associate the shocks with the bell and react even when no shock was administered. When later given the opportunity to escape to an unshocked area, the dogs had learned to be helpless and did not try to escape. The experiment demonstrated that repeated uncontrollable stressful events can cause learned helplessness and passivity.

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    Learned Helplessness With Martin Seligman: Ryan Edmundson, Garrett Harmon, Michael Jenkins

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    Martin Seligman discovered the theory of learned helplessness through an experiment he conducted with Steve Maier at the University of Pennsylvania in 1965. In the experiment, they repeatedly shocked dogs and rang a bell beforehand, causing the dogs to associate the shocks with the bell and react even when no shock was administered. When later given the opportunity to escape to an unshocked area, the dogs had learned to be helpless and did not try to escape. The experiment demonstrated that repeated uncontrollable stressful events can cause learned helplessness and passivity.

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    LEARNED HELPLESSNESS

    WITH MARTIN SELIGMAN


    Ryan Edmundson, Garrett Harmon, Michael Jenkins
    BIOGRAPHY
    • Martin Seligman is a well known psychologist, and is known to have
    discovered the theory of learned helplessness.
    • He also is a large advocate for and is known to have created positive
    psychology.
    • He got his B.A from Princeton in 1964, and has written over 250 publications
    and over 20 books.
    THE PURPOSE
    • The purpose of the experiment was to see how much stimulus a animal
    needed to be exposed to before it acted 100% helpless even when given an
    opportunity to escape.
    SUMMARY
    • The people that were involved in Learned Helplessness was Martin Seligman
    and Steve Maier.
    • The experiment occurred at the University of Pennsylvania in 1965.
    • In the experiment, Seligman would ring a bell and give small shock to a dog.
    • After a while, the dog would react to the shock as soon as the bell rang, and
    would act like it got shocked even when it didn't get shocked.
    • Then he set up 2 sides with a small partition in the middle, with one side
    electrified and one not. He set the dogs on the electrified side, and
    expected them to jump over to the other side, but they did not because
    they had accepted they would be shocked and they couldn't stop it.
    RESULTS
    • At the beginning the animal rejected the stimulus and over time the animal
    excepted it and grew helpless and when given the opportunity to get away,
    it just went to the ground and gave up.
    PROBLEMS WITH THE RESULTS
    • Learned helplessness can lead to poor physical health, depression, poor
    motivation, and a poor social impact.
    WOULD I HAVE PARTICIPATED?
    • No, I would not have participated because I generally do not enjoy being
    shocked at random, and if I were giving the experiment I wouldn't find it right
    to shock defenseless animals for no reason.

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