PSY260 Topic 9 - Learned Helplessness

PSY260 – Educational Psychology

• Topic 9- Learned Helplessness (Chapter 10): Assume that the students in your class have adopted the behavior pattern of learned helplessness to avoid failure. First, discuss the concept of learned helplessness and contributing factors that create this state of demotivation. Then, design a three-point program that you, as the teacher, would implement to change that pattern of behavior and motivate your students to learn. Please support your work with a minimum of three (3) relevant scholarly sources.