PSY 351 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Learned Helplessness, Observational Learning, Masculinity
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Perceived behavior patterns for males and females in a given culture. Observational learning - learn by observing, we imitate. Masculine men and feminine women are the most well-adjusted. Masculinity model - being masculine is the key to mental health. Androgyny model - person having a balance of male and female characteristics. Theory that tries to account for why people (and animals) act in inappropriate passive ways. Fail to cope with demands that are fully within their competence. Individuals act helplessly because they have learned to be helpless. Critical determinant of such helplessness is experience with uncontrollable events. This learning leads to general expectation that future outcomes will be uncontrollable. Condition 1: exposed animals to a series of uncontrollable shocks (could not escape. 24 hours later, all animals tested in shuttle box. Condition 1 animals failed to learn how to escape. Learned helplessness can occur through observing helpless models. Internals - most of what happens to them is under their control.
