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1、Learned Helplessness【Abstract】Nowadays,manystudentsinthisfiercelycompetitivesocietyfeelstressedintheiracademicprocess.Aportionofthemsufferfromanegativepsychologicalsymptomcalledlearnedhelplessness,thustheyareimpededbytheirattitudeandmindstate.Thisarticleaimstolearnmoreaboutlearnedhelplessness,andill
2、ustrateitsimpactsonthelearningprocess.Atthelastpartofthisarticle,itwilldiscussthewaystopreventlearnedhelplessnessinacademicprocess.【Keywords】learnedhelplessness;academicperformance;attribution;negativeemotion【作者簡介】王佳音,福建师范大学外国语学院。1.BackgroundInthismodernsociety,peopleattachmoreandmoresignificancetot
3、heirpsychologicalstates.Withmoreandmorepeoplehavinatightschedule,peoplesufferfromanxiety,depressionandsoon.Manypeoplemayhavesuchexperiencethatwehavemadealotofefforts,butitseemsthatwecanneverachievetheresultweexpect.Therefore,weholdapessimisticattitudetowardslife.Suchsymptommayhaveabadimpactonourlear
4、ningprocess.Learningisacomplicatedprocesswhichiscloselyconnectedwithemotion,soitisimpossibletolearnsomethingwellwithoutagoodemotioncontrol.Nowadays,wecanfindthatquantitiesofstudentswhosufferfromsomenegativeemotionscannotdowellintheirstudies.Highschoollearningisoneofthemostimportantstagesinpeopleslif
5、e.However,manymentalproblemswouldariseinstudentslearningprocess,suchaslearnedhelplessness,lowself-efficiencyandnegativeattributionintheiracademicachievements.Learnedhelplessnessisthemostinfluentialonewhichmaytrapstudentsinviciouscircleoflearning.Researchesaboutlearnedhelplessisquiteimportantinlearni
6、ngprocess.Inourcountry,therelatedresearchesaremainlytheoreticalonesintroducedfromabroad,andtheresearchesarestillnotcomplete.2.Introductionoflearnedhelplessness2.1DefinitionofLearnedHelplessnessLearnedhelplessnessisbehaviorexhibitedbyasubjectafterenduringrepeatedaversivestimulibeyondtheircontrol.Itischaracterizedbythesubjectsacceptanceoftheirpowerlessness:discountingattemptstoescapeoravoidtheaversivestimulus,evenwhensuchalternativesareunambiguouslypresented.Uponexhibitingsuchbehavior,thesubjectissaidtohaveacquiredlearnedhelplessness.2.2ResearchesonLearnedHelplessness