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Learned Helplessness

Posted in April 11th, 2009
Published in Featured

In early 1965, Martin E. P. Seligman and his collegues, while studying the relationship between fear and learning, accidentally discovered an unexpected phenomenon while doing experiments on dogs using Pavlovian (classical conditioning). As you may observe in yourselves or a dog, when you are presented with food, you have a tendency to salivate. Pavlov discovered [...]

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What is Helping?

Posted in April 11th, 2009
Published in General Help

Definitions of helping on the Web: give help or assistance; be of service; “Everyone helped out during the earthquake”; “Can you help me carry this table?”; “She never helps around the house”helpingpeople help – improve the condition of; “These pills will help the patient” help – be of use; “This will help to prevent accidents” [...]

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