When experience with uncontrollable events gives rise to the expectation that future events will also elude control, disruptions in motivation, emotion, and learning may ensue. The theory of learned helplessness refers to the problems that follow in the wake of uncontrollability. First described in the 1960s to account for behavior changes in laboratory animals, learned helplessness over the years has been applied to a variety of human problems entailing inappropriate passivity to demoralization. The best-known application of learned helplessness has been as an explanation of depression, although numerous other extensions have been made, most recently to physical illness and death. At the same time, basic studies with both people and animals have continued, mapping out the cognitive and biological aspects of learned-helplessness theory and research. Written by pioneers of the model, this book summarizes and integrates the theory, research efforts, and applications of learned helplessness. Each line of work is evaluated critically in terms of what is known and what is not known. Future directions are sketched as well. More generally, the present book argues that a theory which emphasizes personal control is of particular interest because individuality and control are such salient emphases in contemporary culture. That our current age of personal control creates casualties precisely because of these emphases is also discussed. This timely and valuable work will interest a broad spectrum of clinicians and researchers in psychology and social work.

Learned Helplessness: A Theory for the Age of Personal Control

Politics & Social Sciences

Peterson, Christopher

Seligman, Martin E.P.

Maier, Steven F.

Philosophy

Oxford University Press

Our species is misnamed. Though sapiens defines human beings as "wise" what humans do especially well is to prospect the future. We are homo prospectus. In this book, Martin E. P. Seligman, Peter Railton, Roy F. Baumeister, and Chandra Sripada argue it is anticipating and evaluating future possibilities for the guidance of thought and action that is the cornerstone of human success. Much of the history of psychology has been dominated by a framework in which people's behavior is driven by past history (memory) and present circumstances (perception and motivation). Homo Prospectus reassesses this idea, pushing focus to the future front and center and opening discussion of a new field of Psychology and Neuroscience. The authors delve into four modes in which prospection operates: the implicit mind, deliberate thought, mind-wandering, and collective (social) imagination. They then explore prospection's role in some of life's most enduring questions: Why do people think about the future? Do we have free will? What is the nature of intuition, and how might it function in ethics? How does emotion function in human psychology? Is there a common causal process in different psychopathologies? Does our creativity change with age? In this remarkable convergence of research in philosophy, statistics, decision theory, psychology, and neuroscience, Homo Prospectus shows how human prospection fundamentally reshapes our understanding of key cognitive processes, thereby improving individual and social functioning. It aims to galvanize interest in this new science from scholars in psychology, neuroscience, and philosophy, as well as an educated public curious about what makes humanity what it is.

Homo Prospectus

Baumeister, Roy F.

Railton, Peter

Sripada, Chandra

Biological boundaries of learning (Century psychology series)

Appleton, Century, Crofts

When first published in 1984, Abnormal Psychology won widespread support and hundreds of adoptions for its innovative approach, which highlighted the psychological theories and treatments that best fit each disorder. In the new Fourth Edition, Martin E. P. Seligman and new coauthor Elaine F. Walker once again establish Abnormal Psychology as a visionary text with a new integrative approach that explores the interactions between the psychological and biological influences on human behavior. In addition to nearly 1,800 new references, the Fourth Edition highlights important new trends in the field, from the explosion in biological and neuroscience research, to new life-span developmental theories, to the challenges confronted by scientists and clinicians working in the field, to the impact of psychological disorders on patients, their families, and society.

Abnormal Psychology

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Rosenhan, David L.

Walker, Elaine F.

Psychology & Counseling

W.W.Norton&Company

Seligman, David L.

Abnormal Psychology: Study Guide

W.W. Norton & Co., Inc.

When first published in 1984, Abnormal Psychology won widespread support and hundreds of adoptions for its innovative approach, which highlighted the psychological theories and treatments that best fit each disorder.In the new Fourth Edition, Martin E. P. Seligman and new coauthor Elaine F. Walker once again establish Abnormal Psychology as a visionary text with a new integrative approach that explores the interactions between the psychological and biological influences on human behavior. In addition to nearly 1,800 new references, the Fourth Edition highlights important new trends in the field, from the explosion in biological and neuroscience research, to new life-span developmental theories, to the challenges confronted by scientists and clinicians working in the field, to the impact of psychological disorders on patients, their families, and society.

For students using the publisher's Abnormal Psychology, 3d ed. , by Rosenhan and Seligman. A casebook section offers 33 clinical cases illustrating various psychological disorders and integrating the basic principles and theories from the textbook. The study guide section overviews textbook chapters, defines key terms, suggests term-paper topics, and includes projects, sample test questions, and self-tests. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Casebook and Study Guide/Abnormal Psychology (Rosenhan and Seligman)

Designed for those who want to learn about abnormal psychology in a more personal context, Abnormality focuses on the theme "what you can and cannot change" to offer a provocative approach to evaluating therapies, both for yourself and others. Incorporating both scientific research (the relation of genetics to personality, the use of drug therapy) and practical applications (how to choose a therapist, how to overcome public-speaking anxiety)... Abnormality offers a balanced and entertaining introduction to the field.

Abnormality

Designed for those who want to learn about abnormal psychology in a more personal context, Abnormality focuses on the theme "what you can and cannot change" to offer a provocative approach to evaluating therapies, both for yourself and others. Incorporating both scientific research (the relation of genetics to personality, the use of drug therapy) and practical applications (how to choose a therapist, how to overcome public-speaking anxiety), Abnormality offers a balanced and entertaining introduction to the field.

Butler, Lisa

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Learned Helplessness: A Theory for the Age of Personal Control

Homo Prospectus

Biological boundaries of learning (Century psychology series)

Abnormal Psychology

Abnormal Psychology

Abnormal Psychology: Study Guide

Abnormal Psychology

Casebook and Study Guide/Abnormal Psychology (Rosenhan and Seligman)

Abnormality

Abnormality