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Learned Helplessness

On April 10, 2010April 10, 2020 By Joyce KeslingIn Behavior Issues, Dog Welfare, Learning Theory1 Comment

Learned helplessness is a complex behavior first identified by Seligman in 1967 who was studying experimental neurosis. One of Seligman’s experiments found “…dogs exposed to traumatic inescapable shock showed signs of neurotic elaboration and disintegration on cognitive, emotional, and motivational levels of organization” according to Lindsay (2000).

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