Girls in particular seem to be a little bit more vulnerable to learned helplessness.

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Learned helplessness was what my wife and I observed then, and still do today, in social-democratic Spain.

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The trust admitted to a "lack of clear and visible leadership from the board" and said there was a "learned helplessness" among some managers.

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There are all too many Americans that have taken the bait offered by our myriad of welfare programs, and have self-selected into learned helplessness and lifetime dependency.

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They said it seemed to lead to "learned helplessness syndrome".

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It is a kind of adaptation or learned helplessness.

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