learned helplessness is associated with which theorist
Learned Helplessness. Learned Helplessness- Learned helplessness is when a person begins to believe that they have no control over a situation, even when they do. Learned Helplessness was discovered in 1965 by psychologist Martin Seligman while he was studying the behavior of dogs. In the experiment, which was designed to be a variation of Pavlov's famous classical conditioning experiment, Seligman restrained the dogs for some time in a hammock.