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Cognitive Psychology: Attention · Decision making · Learning · Judgement · Memory · Motivation · Perception · Reasoning · Thinking - Cognitive processes Cognition - Outline Index
Helplessness is an emotional state, a feeling that one does not have the power to act or to manage aspects of ones life as an independent person.
The theory of learned helplessness suggests that a tendency towards this state is often acquired.