Experts explain how a sense of control — or lack of it — can majorly influence our response to stressful situations ...

Learned helplessness occurs when an individual continuously faces a negative, uncontrollable situation and stops trying to change their circumstances, even when they have the ability to do so.

This psychological phenomenon is called learned helplessness: It’s the belief that you have limited control over what happens to you and nothing you do will improve your circumstances ...

BALTIMORE — Students who experience "learned helplessness" — the belief that even with effort, they will not progress — can resist help, be quick to surrender academically and exhibit ...