r/BeAmazed 23h ago

Science Learned Helplessness

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u/FLVoiceOfReason 23h ago

This video, or ones like it, are used in psychology class. They really help students understand how real “learned helplessness” is and how powerful it can be on us.

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u/ReesesNightmare 23h ago

i was talking to an old teacher a few weeks ago and he was telling me how they arent allowed to do stuff like this anymore, after i brought up the "test" where you had to read the directions that just told you to write your name them only do questions 1, 5, 10, and 15 instead of every single one, to teach kids how to read directions.

parent claimed it was mean to expect your students to fail if they didnt follow directions

for lack of a better word, i was dumbstruck

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u/khaldun106 23h ago

Oops I did this with my class for April fools. I must have missed the memo.

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u/FredFlintston3 23h ago

You got it but didn’t read to the end!