Lyn Y. Abramson
University of Pennsylvania
1 paper in the Anchorcite directory, published in 1978, cited 6,974 times in total.
Research topics
Frequent co-authors
- Martin E. P. Seligman · 1 paper
- John D. Teasdale · 1 paper
Papers
- Learned helplessness in humans: Critique and reformulation.Journal of Abnormal Psychology · 1978 · 6,974 citations
The learned helplessness hypothesis is criticized and reformulated. The old hypothesis, when applied to learned helplessness in humans, has two major problems: (a) It does not distinguish between cases in which outcomes are uncontrollable for all people and cases in…
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