Kinesiology 1070A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Learned Helplessness

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 1070A/B
• Professor: ALL

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Make dogs salivate when ringing a bell, as they had been trained when the bell rang they would get food. Zapped the dog when ringing bell (had them harnessed in a compartment of the box) When dogs had been exposed to feeling helpless, when escape route present dog was conditioned to sit there and take punishment --> helpless behaviour. Maintenance of effective strategies or development to new situations. Deterioration of effective strategies or failure to develop new strategies under difficult situations. Challenge seeking and high persistence i n the face of obstacles. Challenge avoidance and low persistence in the face of obstacles. Pride and satisfaction in terms of degree of effort exerted in successful and unsuccessful situations. Pride and satisfaction only from a successful situation. If still stays challenging they will yield little pride and satisfaction. Goal-orientation process and learned helplessness - dweck and nicholl"s. Children learning math in classroom (different levels of ability) - given unsolvable math questions.