Learned Helplessness

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  • @danieldiorio1830
    @danieldiorio1830 5 років тому +190

    As a musician I will testify that this is a very real phenomenon as it does happen in music often. I could play the majority of a song just fine, and then as soon as I play one wrong note then suddenly I start to play more wrong notes and mess the song up further.

  • @peppermint23
    @peppermint23 12 років тому +174

    What an amazing teacher. God I love psychology. I knew all of this already but she still made it so interesting.

  • @Michelle-u5y
    @Michelle-u5y 5 років тому +67

    It's crazy to see how generational disparities such as toxic relationships creates mental handicaps in our brains. That in turn cripples us in different ways that can lead to more toxic relationships for future generations in your family. I watched my mom go through three alcoholic abusive relationships. One step-father constantly reminded me I wasn't his child and he was physically abusive. He made me feel stupid when he would help me with my homework and pressured me to figure out answers until he reduced me to tears. I had friends in grade school who reminded I wasn't from their Indian Tribe. I was different. A combination of these things broke my self-confidence and made me feel unworthy. As a young naive teenager, I met someone who emotionally validated me with love and attentiveness. I ended up marrying him young, 18 years old. He turned out to be narcissistic. 30 years later I'm learning about Learned Helplessness thanks to my psychologist. This recovery is going to be loooong!

    • @redwarrior2963
      @redwarrior2963 3 роки тому +1

      Hope your ok

    • @billpeet1933
      @billpeet1933 Рік тому

      These things make my blood boil with rage...

    • @Laotzu.Goldbug
      @Laotzu.Goldbug Рік тому +1

      It's ironic that inherited genetic traits can make you more or less sensitive to all of those environmental factors

  • @playc.holder6432
    @playc.holder6432 Місяць тому +6

    One of the most constructive and rewarding experiences in my life was going to theatre school.
    I no longer work in theatre, but having to perform for my instructors in front of my class and fail over and over and over and over again and struggle and find success and then fail the next time was amazing. I now am more confident. I take criticism better than most people I know. I can publicly speak if I need to (I still absolutely get nervous but I can compartmentalize it).
    I would encourage anyone at any age to try out improv, or acting classes.

  • @GenerationNada
    @GenerationNada 10 років тому +102

    It takes a really good person to recognize if someone is suffering from induced helplessness. This could be the worse condition and can further to a chronic disease. The entire school system should be highly dedicated to not do this to people. The school system was not designed to destroy the minds of the people but build on them. This is the most important factor as a grade school teacher to look out for this at all times.

    • @GroundZeroHiroshima
      @GroundZeroHiroshima 6 років тому

      "Unprecedented Human Rights Violations" Study Room
      北九州連続殺人鬼の松永太も狙った家庭の親類縁者すべてを、皮膚が焼けただれるほどの電気ショック拷問にかけて、このLearned Helplessness(学習性無力感)にして抵抗できなくさせ、さらに恐怖による洗脳でコントロールして自分の家族を自分たちで殺させています。なお殺人鬼・松永太の刑事裁判ではLearned Helplessness(学習性無力感)が法廷に登場しています。また尼崎連続殺人鬼の角田美代子はこの松永太の手口について、腐敗警官が横流しした非合法な情報ルートから学んで参考にし、犯行に及んでいたことがわかっています。

    • @GroundZeroHiroshima
      @GroundZeroHiroshima 6 років тому

      「[美代子は]何と男[M]が『[北九州連続殺人事件の]詳しい取調べ内容を[ほとんどリアルタイムで]警察から聞けるんや』と自慢げに話していたというんや。ほかにも警察の体質や体制、さまざまな捜査手法、縄張り主義などに詳しいんで、美代子は男が警察に人脈を持っていると確信し、アドバイスを受けるようになったようや。」(警察関係者)(p.246)
      そうして提供された「[犯罪遂行のための]参考文献」の中には時々、事件の裁判資料から警察の捜査資料まで、普通は手に入らない極秘文書が含まれていたと見られている。(p.260)
      Ichihashi, F. (2014). Monsutā: Amagasaki renzoku satsujin jiken no shinjitsu. Tōkyō: Kōdansha.

    • @johnnovick1643
      @johnnovick1643 3 роки тому +4

      Schools do watch out for this at all times. They need to ensure that they are doing a good job at destroying kids minds, self esteem, and freedom to have their own individual thoughts.

    • @richellemanalad4251
      @richellemanalad4251 3 роки тому

      true I agree

  • @VictorAntonioLive
    @VictorAntonioLive 10 років тому +82

    Good example. The leader in the the field of Positive Psychology was Dr. Martin Seligman in his book "Learned Optimism" which goes into great lengths on how to overcome learned helplessness.

    • @Entropy106
      @Entropy106 9 місяців тому

      Psychology is pseudoscience

  • @BringBackCyParkVendingMachines
    @BringBackCyParkVendingMachines 4 роки тому +51

    Oh wow, 13 years later during online school, and this video gave me chills. It was very insightful.

  • @Gitalien1
    @Gitalien1 6 років тому +34

    Great job. We all do need teachers like her to learn how to live in this world.

  • @HealingSongsAndPoems
    @HealingSongsAndPoems 9 місяців тому +2

    Thank you for that video! This should be taught in high schools or earlier. I thought learned helplessness happens when something bad is done to us over and over again. This experiment showed me how quickly it can affect us. What a special and passionate teacher you are! Thank you.

  • @alexshatterstar89
    @alexshatterstar89 2 роки тому +14

    It's a good esperiment, I think another thing that could be learned from this is how important it is to understand our own limits/doubts about completing a task and seek for help, rather than assuming we just aren't good enough to do it or that we are not as good as others.
    For example, after the 1 word "whirl", not finding a solution, by raising the hand and asking the teacher what would be the correct answer.
    I'd love to see what the teacher would have said if someone had asked for the solution, and how that would have impacted the experiment

  • @billpeet1933
    @billpeet1933 Рік тому +5

    This teacher made me cry because this was the reality for too many children who are young adults now, and they will never stand up for themselves.
    But they are not the only losers, the entire society is.
    All babies smile, but not all of them continue to smile... just because some of them were born in the wrong place, or time, and other people let them think they are wrong and helpless.

  • @CuteKitten321
    @CuteKitten321 10 років тому +328

    I felt even more stupid because I turned the 3rd word into "A Rice Man".

  • @dec23
    @dec23 9 років тому +22

    I love this. I remember learning this for my psych degree. Another experiment I remember seeing was of a few people in the group were in on the experiment and the teacher or host would hold up an image asked the group what it was. The people that were in on the test would say the image was something that it clearly was not. The people that were being studied quickly started to agree what those people were saying the image was, even though it CLEARLY was not right. Psychology is super interesting.

    • @bobpippin123
      @bobpippin123 7 років тому +6

      thats not learned helplessness but more of conformity. This looks more into Asch Experiment. Learned Helplessness is more about uncontrolled outcomes and applying that same feeling to that certain action all the time. Asch Experiment talks more about you having an opinion or answer towards something but the majority thinks otherwise and you give in to their answer and abandon your own opinion because it is more likely that the majority is right.

    • @dec23
      @dec23 7 років тому +7

      No, I know it was not learned helplessness. That's why I said 'other' test. I was just sharing.

  • @RobertScott66208
    @RobertScott66208 2 роки тому +13

    What a GREAT teacher!! I wish I were in her class in 1987!!

  • @everythingelse_underthesun
    @everythingelse_underthesun 2 місяці тому +1

    Such an oldie but so glad it showed up on my feed. Learned helplessness, something i learned about all those years ago. I hope more will see this gem of a video.

  • @ruben18able
    @ruben18able 13 років тому +10

    Wow this has actually helped me since I as almost everybody have experienced this in my own life. What a good teacher she must be.

  • @lindacarter4543
    @lindacarter4543 8 років тому +20

    Great example video, many people out there are not even aware of this. Made me a little teary just watching the video because this can happen so easily. Such as being a victim in bulling, domestic violence, child abuse, sexual abuse etc. It's easy for people who don't understand the process your mid goes through a strong negative traumatic situation, to say, why didn't you just leave or said something about it, took an action? You can't when you have "learned helplessness" it happens were you don't even realize it happened and your way of thinking is and has already been trained a certain way, :(

    • @lalalanding234
      @lalalanding234 2 роки тому +1

      Yeah, that's why parenting is so important and the past plays such a huge role in our future.

  • @Jeorney
    @Jeorney 14 років тому +8

    Learned helplessness is what some employers inflict on some employees. It done so they just function robotically and don't climb. Every effort to do well is thwarted and made difficult or impossible. Then your also punished socially. Where for others (the chosen ones) its made super easy to do well as they are given a structured path.

  • @TwilightMysts
    @TwilightMysts 8 років тому +6

    This video, and others like it, need hundreds of millions of views. Just looking at my own current situation I can see how something like this could be (or even already is) an ongoing issue.

  • @navilor
    @navilor 12 років тому +7

    You should also look to Dr. Margin Seligman who has spent 30 years in the field of positive psychology. His book "Learned Optimism: How to change your mind and your life" is what Dr. Charisse Nixon seems to have based her work on. He also has a TED talk that is very informative.

  • @kumarsambhav4765
    @kumarsambhav4765 2 роки тому +2

    Read the concept of Learned Helplessness in Class 11 Psychology Textbook but I didn't understand completely. But watching this fantastic video now things are quite clearer. Thanks for valuable information.

  • @steneslore5826
    @steneslore5826 Місяць тому +2

    At its most basic level, learned helplessness is the result of punishment being applied to an animal that can't control what it's being punished for. This is why Dr Nixon asked about "the biggest fear of an adolescent" at the start, to illustrate what the aversive was. The students with the impossible task were unable to control their actions and were punished for it by not fitting in, giving them the learned helplessness.

  • @MrChristianRC
    @MrChristianRC 13 років тому +20

    In summary: You lose hope, you lose the will to try.
    On another note, I wish I had a cool teacher like her. My professors were so boring...

  • @brandonhavis8526
    @brandonhavis8526 3 місяці тому

    Now that's a teacher... And she's teaching things that can change lives. Good on her.

  • @EGV88
    @EGV88 16 років тому +3

    That teacher is awesome.

  • @akahment
    @akahment 9 місяців тому +1

    I'm a psych grad yet I was teary watching this vid

    • @JamilaJibril-e8h
      @JamilaJibril-e8h 2 місяці тому

      Look we tell the truth no matter what forcing diversity to widen things to become unreal makes people understand where they stand hate is hate different beliefs are different beliefs no matter so basically they force their ideology lies fake intelligence to make you helpless education system is worthless it's made for the rich but we got to live

  • @Godybanksmusic
    @Godybanksmusic 2 роки тому +7

    I wish she’d been my teacher. She’s incredible. Even in how she explains.

    • @sopo1
      @sopo1 2 роки тому

      Oh i loved her classes!

  • @animelover101591
    @animelover101591 13 років тому +3

    I had a professor who did that same exact assignment last semester. It's useful. I just wish my professor could've been this entertaining for the rest of the lecture. Power points suck.

  • @elizabethfreer1948
    @elizabethfreer1948 5 років тому +14

    Parents enable “helplessness” which transitions into adulthood and subsequent relationships..it’s a form of manipulation and destructive ..it’s a fine line at times..a mothers love is abundant..but..love is strengthening love is creating independence..love is modeling tools for survival..I learned these tools thru a difficult journey and to young...my greatest wish was that my children learned them from early on..to spare them my journey..that is a mother’s love..

  • @shloftyy
    @shloftyy Рік тому

    God ,i really like this teacher. Unlike the other she introduce learn helpnesess and then implies that in realistic life rather than just motivational word

  • @Marc3ll3
    @Marc3ll3 2 роки тому +2

    I'm here for my Psychology course!

  • @AlanBarsky
    @AlanBarsky 15 років тому

    This is a lesson worth sharing. The readers comments below infer this class was only 5 minutes long. The teacher had plenty of time in the rest of the class and the rest of the semester, to make certain both the girls and the boys got plenty of doses of postivie reinforcement.

  • @seangeary7100
    @seangeary7100 2 місяці тому

    I think it is important to learn about this concept, yet I think it would help more to learn how to defeat the mindset. I believe military training is good at this. I remember some of the experiences in boot camp were set up so you can't help but fail, and then you were commanded to continue despite the failure. I know this changed my mindset about failure in a positive way. Failure needs to be addressed and one has to take responsibility for it, yet you have to push past it and shrug it off in the moment because hesitation and distractions can get you killed, at least in extreme situations.
    I think the only thing that comes close to this experience is weight lifting because in weight lifting, the whole point is to fail. By bringing your muscles to failure, that is when they are stimulated to grow. But you have to keep going back and keep failing; you KNOW you are going to fail before you even go, yet you continue to go because you know you will get stronger. Psychologically fascinating.

  • @PuffyWuzHere
    @PuffyWuzHere Місяць тому

    Wow idk there was a term for it. Truly makes me relieved I'm not the only one. I've had it for over 10 yrs

  • @jhoda0697
    @jhoda0697 12 років тому

    Really good explanation of psychologists Mark Seligman and Steve Maier experiment, "Learned helplessness"!!!!

  • @jordanowen42
    @jordanowen42 11 років тому +4

    Interesting exercise- I'd like to hear more from her.

  • @xclusiveraj
    @xclusiveraj 5 місяців тому

    I would like to see more of such videos

  • @Writergirlk
    @Writergirlk 3 роки тому +1

    This is pure gold♥️

  • @armaanarora3752
    @armaanarora3752 Рік тому +3

    Such an effective way of teaching a concept and cementing it good. As an indian, I love her as a teacher 👍

  • @redsbr
    @redsbr 15 років тому +1

    Its a term agreed upon by many psychologists and there are many books about it.

  • @patrickcummins79
    @patrickcummins79 10 років тому +11

    All very true! Got to say though, my only issue being that learned helplessness applies to both sexes, I would say equally. I have met plenty of very confident women in work and school over the years.

  • @evkin117
    @evkin117 12 років тому +2

    wish i had a teacher like this

  • @carinavasq991
    @carinavasq991 4 роки тому +6

    this psychology class is everything compared to zoom classes now :( damn covid

  • @baleshomat7599
    @baleshomat7599 8 місяців тому

    She explains it so friggin well. Wish I had professors like her. Professors in Germany don't really teach like this.

  • @yacinekunplays5876
    @yacinekunplays5876 2 роки тому

    this experience actually is more important and has a bigger impact on individuals as well as collective groups and we shouldn't take it lightly

  • @samarsaadany2201
    @samarsaadany2201 8 років тому

    Simple yet very effective exercise! will use it!

  • @Fefe559
    @Fefe559 Рік тому

    wow!!! great test. they need to keep teaching doing this. I am the left side of the room from birth to now. wow.

  • @liyilivylim6174
    @liyilivylim6174 9 років тому +1

    Thanks for uploading this video. I learn alot :)

  • @burgalarab
    @burgalarab 12 років тому +6

    Interested to discover this. I've been studying psychological violence - in particular verbal abuse and control (VAC). Recently come into contact with a young adult with extreme social anxiety and lack of self esteem. In VAC something similar is "defining" a person. I am trying to find out more and would love to hear from young adults who have also suffered by controlling parents.

  • @fredericksmet
    @fredericksmet Рік тому +2

    So, in conclusion, and please correct me if I'm mistaken, it seems that when someone faces a challenge, it's crucial to demonstrate to them that they can achieve their goals through repetition. Is this accurate?
    For example, our school policy dictates that students with dyslexia receive lengthy test or examination texts at least one day in advance so they can read them beforehand. Some of my students with dyslexia have excelled in my class. I did notice that they no longer required this assistance, so I discontinued the extra support. While they initially experienced anxiety when the support was removed, after the test, they realized that they still performed exceptionally well. Therefore, my theory is that their anxiety stemmed from a belief that they still needed the help, whereas, in reality, years of professional support had equipped them to manage their dyslexia.
    In this context, my question is whether the additional support might do more harm than good. My intuition suggests that it may instill more self-doubt than empowerment. Am i correct?
    For your information, I myself have dyslexia.

  • @owennewo14
    @owennewo14 5 років тому +3

    This is a great upload. My only qualm is that it is not only girls that have a tendency to close down when they experience failure or victimization

    • @sopo1
      @sopo1 2 роки тому

      Her research field is in adolescent females and bullying so i think thats why she only mentioned females

  • @TrainToSmileTV
    @TrainToSmileTV 8 років тому

    Simply Amazing

  • @GordonWrigley
    @GordonWrigley Місяць тому +2

    This kinda thing is what school should be teaching us.

    • @dandlmorrish
      @dandlmorrish Місяць тому

      As a teacher in 2024, I can confidently say that I never, ever ask students to put their hand up if they got the answer right. It achieves nothing but humiliation from those who didn't and smugness from those who did.

  • @shouqaldblan2052
    @shouqaldblan2052 3 роки тому

    We Stan this teacher

  • @amarok5048
    @amarok5048 3 роки тому

    When someone's nose wiggles when they speak, you can't unsee it

  • @cwissiee
    @cwissiee 12 років тому +1

    0:59. Reviving Ophelia. I remember that book.

  • @FaeryRibbon
    @FaeryRibbon 13 років тому +1

    @xXPinkGoddessXx Actually, it's true. In many cultures, girls do have a cultural pressure to act how they're told, usually by an older male, such as her husband or father, and not how they want to act. Though, this isn't neccessarily true for many cultures. For example, in NZ, where I live, girls have just as much of a tendency to be rough, loud, or quiet as any guy. Both genders live the same way.

  • @koikun
    @koikun Місяць тому

    wow, learned helplessness huh.. I've been living with this irritant for years after failing one test, or losing one friend. I'm glad to know what it's called.

  • @FaeryRibbon
    @FaeryRibbon 13 років тому +1

    @xXPinkGoddessXx But, anyway. I'm getting a little tired of this conversation. We've been talking for ages, and I'm forgetting where we started off. I'm happy to continue talking with you, if you'd like to continue, or you have more questions, and if I come up with some to ask you, but I think I'd rather not be debating, especially on a youtube video (where people get really grumpy). :D

  • @GroundZeroHiroshima
    @GroundZeroHiroshima 12 років тому

    The Stasi's Directive 'Perceptions'
    To develop apathy (in the subject)...to achieve a situation in which his conflicts, whether of a social, personal, career, health or political kind are irresolvable…to give rise to fears in him.....to develop/create disappointments.....to restrict his talents or capabilities.....to reduce his capacity to act and.....to harness dissentions and contradictions around him for that purpose...
    (Funder, "Stasiland")

  • @assailant85
    @assailant85 13 років тому +1

    @Huck1942 THANK YOU!!!! I agree 100%. The funny thing is, the first example that pops into the girls head is a boy who is refused by a girl. There's not much on earth that kills your will power more than that - and it's a male problem alone! Not to mention expectations on career and so on.

  • @GraceJoubarneHypnotherapy
    @GraceJoubarneHypnotherapy 8 років тому +3

    There is nothing like a helicopter parent to cause learned helplessness...

  • @scottredford4801
    @scottredford4801 Місяць тому

    This experiment has a flaw in that the students with the easy list could have worked out the first two in a few seconds, giving them half the time required for the first word and the full time for the second word working out the third word. Meanwhile the other students would have been trying to process the words "whirl" and "slapstick" during the entire time allocated to solving them. A better example would have been to provide the three words separately and only allowed them to see each word at the start of trying to solve the answer for that word. I assume the results would be similar, but maybe not as polarising.

  • @OmegaDude22
    @OmegaDude22 15 років тому

    Nice lesson, thanks for uploading.

  • @jjmaguire8281
    @jjmaguire8281 Рік тому +1

    "Who's going to carry the boats" David Goggins...

  • @Mhadyourfriend
    @Mhadyourfriend 8 років тому

    Wow .. this is amazing

  • @VJWU
    @VJWU 9 років тому +3

    The problem with this example is that on the 3rd word, there was about an equal amount of people on both sides of the room that put up their hand, approximately 7 on each side from what I could see. I think learned helplessness exists, but this was not a good example of it.

    • @ismschism5176
      @ismschism5176 9 років тому +1

      +One I saw that too. But I wonder more things: How did the people on different sides *feel*? How many would have solved it with a few more minutes? And how would it have went on to affect their day?

  • @CamelliaFlingert
    @CamelliaFlingert 3 роки тому +1

    i have learned helplessness, and i don't know what to do, i'm already a 20 years old and my parents want to throw me out from their apartments because i can't work at any job and don't have any skills and just absolutely non-independent, i don't know how to live further and how to survive, this helplessness also affects on my ability to study and understand something, i just can't study anything and do not learn anything no matter how many hours i'm spends on practice and theory, my brain just don't work and only threw me into apathy and depression instantly, when i'm trying to study anything, my brain just can't stand any even little pressure on him, he just instantly crashing from overload. My country don't have adequate and good psychologists and psychiatrists, most people here hate me and bullying me, most people beating me and want to kill me, i've been beated 4 times for 2020 year, a lot of people gets killed by this inadequate people here and police supports them and society supports them, my parents same inadequate people as them, they wish me death too and few times tried to beat me, earlier my whole life they overprotected me, so my brain don't even know how it, to think by yourself and do by yourself something, i just don't understand what i want, i don't understand who i want to be and what i want to do, i don't enjoy anything and don't like anything, everything only make me suffer, i just don't understand how to live and how to save myself and survive and fix me.

    • @sorshamooncake
      @sorshamooncake 6 місяців тому

      Sweetheart, I hope you're still alive and I hope you're doing better. I hope you have found some good self-therapy and helped yourself, I know how hard it is. 😞

    • @CamelliaFlingert
      @CamelliaFlingert 6 місяців тому

      @@sorshamooncake of course i would be still alive, do i have a choice? it's existence with agony or nothing at all, none of this options is better in this case

  • @twisto
    @twisto 14 років тому +8

    cinerama = america? OMG!
    i would not have gotten that ! lol

  • @TomislavGracin
    @TomislavGracin 14 років тому

    @matleyz except that's two words ;). and it's a name of a company which is capitalized, and in general, you don't use capitalized words in puzzles (and so in anagrams).

  • @Nadiallelel
    @Nadiallelel 13 років тому

    when they lie to you , you have to think about more bits of information,[ your own ideas plus theirs,] and it takes more time to see if they can be matched up or not. That's how we learn . Then you also have to deal with being sad and/or angry about people. The dog on the box is neither giving up, nor is he stupid. He has common sense.

  • @Sasipano
    @Sasipano 10 років тому +2

    nice example..

  • @leosousa7404
    @leosousa7404 7 років тому

    Very nice.

  • @MsRESPECT90
    @MsRESPECT90 13 років тому

    Loved it!!!!!

  • @lo4651
    @lo4651 4 роки тому

    Great video. But could you change the cover image (the thumbnail) with a more representative and appealing one, like the teacher speaking? This is done easily in You Tube edit video settings mode. Thank you.

  • @ChristineUzoigwe
    @ChristineUzoigwe 11 місяців тому

    Great video!!!:)

  • @bekindbehumankind8429
    @bekindbehumankind8429 3 роки тому

    Bat, Lemon, Cinerama and what was other group had ?

  • @spooky5338
    @spooky5338 Рік тому +1

    Learned helplessness can also pertain to abuse and physical pain, where it is simpler to endure, rather than rock the boat or try anything new.

  • @charliechen5318
    @charliechen5318 4 роки тому

    It's still very meaningful nowadays

  • @HamletsMill25920
    @HamletsMill25920 2 роки тому +3

    Is there a longer video?
    Western education always tells the 'why' but never the 'how to resolve it'.

  • @ElginAlway
    @ElginAlway 12 років тому

    Nice quote.

  • @CountessaRosalitte82
    @CountessaRosalitte82 12 років тому

    I'm blessed that ours is as good as her :) very creative

  • @--sql
    @--sql 14 років тому

    fascinating

  • @xclusiveraj
    @xclusiveraj 5 місяців тому

    Where can I find more videos of yours

  • @mromain1990
    @mromain1990 14 років тому

    awesome

  • @senzoshibase1832
    @senzoshibase1832 2 роки тому

    Beautiful but what's the solution. How do we overcome this

  • @elsea8901
    @elsea8901 5 років тому

    Sour grapes is another form of it...we stop trying from the pain of losing...belittling the prize instead of continuing to try.

  • @keezothefool
    @keezothefool 2 роки тому

    what did Carl do?

  • @Examiner86
    @Examiner86 13 років тому

    Good teaching

  • @varmintgetter
    @varmintgetter 14 років тому

    Powerful

  • @djfull4442
    @djfull4442 7 років тому +2

    I have this. I made so many bad decisions the first thing I feel before making any decision is sheer terror.
    I'm perfectly aware of how destructive this is, the point is HOW THE FUCK DO I DEFEAT THAT.

    • @evarooka
      @evarooka 6 років тому

      Articulate to yourself as well as you can how you want to feel when you make a decision and practice imagining yourself deciding and feeling that way. If you simulate a better situation for yourself there are parts of your brain that can’t tell the difference between what you experience externally and what you imagine, and it is the equivalent of digging up earth to prepare and allow a stream (your thoughts) to follow a new path. TLDR; allow yourself to imagine the way you want things to be and it trains your brain to try for that. Brains are dumb and if you just tell them what you don’t want they don’t necessarily know what to do instead.

  • @Liface
    @Liface 11 років тому +2

    I feel really bad for Brian :-(

  • @Nikhil_Dhand
    @Nikhil_Dhand Рік тому

    Very Nice 👍

  • @coonoco
    @coonoco 12 років тому +2

    BUT in minute 2:21, I see 6 hands raised per side, for the third question! the idea is fine but it's not reflected here, let's be honest!

  • @sopo1
    @sopo1 16 років тому

    Wow....i understood it lol I can't wait until I go to Behrend.

  • @richellemanalad4251
    @richellemanalad4251 3 роки тому

    this really help meeee omg

  • @Everythingsburning
    @Everythingsburning 12 років тому

    @Cinqmil That's why they call it a theory. It applies to those whose personalities are more likely to learn this behavior. If it applied to everything and everyone, it would be a law. And 66.666 percent sounds like a fairly high rate to me.

  • @GroundZeroHiroshima
    @GroundZeroHiroshima 12 років тому

    Compare the Stasi's instruction,"Perception" to Seligman's "Learned Helplessness." You will find significant similarities between these two concepts. This is an evidence that psychological studies are abused in power crimes.
    (Stasi is Esat-German's secret police which is equivalent to FBI.
    The Stasi's Directive 'Perceptions'
    To develop apathy (in the subject)...to achieve a situation in which his conflicts, whether of a social, personal, career, health or political kind are irresolvable...

  • @DrFrasierCrane
    @DrFrasierCrane Місяць тому

    2:17 Am I crazy, or are there exactly 6 hands raised on each side for the last question (thus not really proving the learned helplessness idea)?

  • @animelover101591
    @animelover101591 13 років тому

    @EXALTEDDIRT And what does this have to do with anything?