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.
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
That’s a real shame because my third grade teacher did something like this with our class—basically, the directions said read all the questions before starting, and the final question was something like, don’t answer any of the questions, wait for the teacher to tell you to start. I was one of many kids in the room who jumped into answering before reading though fully, and I didn’t realize my mistake until I got to the last question. Afterward, my teacher did a great job of talking us through why we did that test and the importance of reading directions carefully and fully. It made a huge impression on me!
Ha, I remember doing that same test, except I was one of those kids that did read all the instructions.
I remember sitting there, not doing anything, while almost everyone around me was writing as quickly as they could. One of my friends had leaned over and asked, are you already done? I told him, read the last direction. He stopped, read all the way down, and then laughed and put his pencil down as well. It was really fun being called out by the teacher as one of the few that had followed directions.
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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.