Learned helplessness

in confronting a white person involves formally regarding the person with Mr., Mrs., Miss, sir, or ma’am to show respect, while the white person is allowed to use the blacks first name. Evident in Angelou’s biography, she explains her feeling of helplessness in preventing the humiliation in times when “white children… call her grandmother by her first name [and]… her grandmother address [them]… ‘Miz”’ (32). Her grandma’s composure…

socializing with co-workers. Subsequently, she became fearful of being around other people and of looking for a job. When Mark would criticize her for her lack of motivation in life, she felt useless and incompetent. This became a pattern of learned helplessness, as Jennifer’s feelings would worsen after Mark would increasingly criticize…

Nannie Doss A criminal psychologist studies the thoughts, behaviors, and intentions of criminals on a day-to-day basis, trying to crack the code of what causes these criminal behaviors. Serial killers present a specific challenge because they often kill large amounts of people one at a time. Many of these killers have distinct characteristics, circumstances, and conditions that increase the likelihood of this behavior. Nannie Doss, also known as “Giggling Grandma”3 killed a dozen family members…

Learning disabilities term was developed by Professor Kirk in 1963. Now, about 2.9 million school-aged children in the United States are classified as having specific learning disabilities of some kind. (Giuliani) On September, the 27th we completed the “Learning Disabilities” simulation. The purpose of this simulation was to help us understand learning Disabilities. This simulation was conducted through some websites called Understood.org. Other information was given through two other websites…

PORTFOLIO - OPTION #1 I choose to submit a proposal on the subject of Domestic Violence Education, for the prevention of learned abusive behaviors, for children and as many as can make a difference in the life of a woman or child. DV is a problem in every type of home: teachers, doctors/nurses, counselor’s and even lawmakers could have this issue. Decision makers are flooded with this issue on a daily basis and they are deciding whether the person(s) are held going to be held…

Many people wonder why it is that even with a god that evil still exists. No one can truly answer this, but there is a moral lesson to be learned from having such evils in this world. H. J McCloskey states, “Surely a good, omnipotent being would have made a world that is free of evil of any kind. Either God cannot abolish evil or he will not; if he cannot, then he is not all-powerful; if he will not, he is not all good.” (H. J McCloskey) Despite the constant bad things, we continue to have faith…

diagnosis of illness leads to a person being treated differently which in turn leads to that person behaving according to the way they are then treated. In essence, the diagnosis itself can lead to further symptoms. This can be likened to learned helplessness…

are a lot closer, specifically the patient and their parents. This is usually due to the great lengths parents go, to ensure that the child will persevere. Polls conducted on survivors have shown that most believe they have become more mature, learned about themselves, and are more appreciative and grateful of things in their life. They feel as if their experiences have set them apart and their mindset on life has changed (Zebrack & Landier, 2011). These positive and negative effects are not…

I grew up with a distrust of white America. Of course it stems from how African Americans have been treated by white American and my own personal experience with racism. However, through my spiritual journey, I have learned to look at the individual character and not a race as a whole. Since reading the required books for this class and learning how the Mexican people have been treated by the US, I have again started to feel hatred towards white America and white skin…

portrayed by Hannah Baker is the most common one among adolescents. Along with depression comes cognitive symptoms that include pessimism and hopelessness. It is also believed that girls are more prone to ruminate about issues and feeling a sense of helplessness. Sometimes suicide or suicidal thoughts are a result of depression. In Marcus’s tape, Hannah mentions that after the incident at Rosie’s she had thought about suicide for the first time. After this tape was when Hannah became more…