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A child who has repeatedly experienced failure in school may eventually give up trying. psychologists label this dissociation. learned helplessness. self-efficacy. reaction formation.

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Psychologists label this as learned helplessness. This concept refers to the behavior that people learn when they feel they cannot escape or change their situation, so they stop trying and feel helpless and inferior, despite the opportunities to change their situation or improve the adversity they face. This term was introduced by the psychologist Martin Seligman.

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