Learned helplessness: Australia's black history
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2011
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Makepeace, J.
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Southerly: a review of Australian literature, 2011; 71(2):58-61
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In early 1965 Martin E. P. Seligman and his colleagues stumbled across the theory of “Learned Helplessness”, regarding the relationship between fear and learning. Aboriginal people have been passively living in a world that did not respond favourably to proactive behaviours in the past. Aboriginal peoples have since learned to avoid seeking positive solutions to negative circumstances. The methods of overcoming learned helplessness are time intensive, which can be both emotionally and monetarily costly.
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Copyright 2011 Joy Makepeace