In the present experiments, we identified sex differences in one of the most common animal models of depression, that of learned helplessness. Male and female rats were trained to escape a mild ...

Researchers choose to experiment with rats because they ... examined the differences in learned helplessness among rats that were exposed to uncontrollable conditions alone and in pairs.

Martin Seligman first hit on the idea when doing conditioning experiments ... learned helplessness, Seligman cites an even more striking finding: another researcher held wild rats in his hand ...

New research from the University of Haifa has found that laboratory rats exposed to uncontrollable conditions which create a feeling of helplessness, learned how to avoid ... Department of Psychology ...

Watson started pairing the presence of the rat with the loud sound of ... The ethics of Martin Seligman’s experiments on learned helplessness would also be called into question today due to ...

If you shock a rat or dog enough times (please do ... discovered in the 1960’s and 70’s with their experiments on learned helplessness. While I do not support any kind of cruelty to animals ...

The concept of learned helplessness was first coined by psychologist Martin Seligman in the late 1960s. Although Seligman’s original research was with animals, the application of his theory ...

Researchers choose to experiment with rats because they ... examined the differences in learned helplessness among rats that were exposed to uncontrollable conditions alone and in pairs.

Psychologists first described learned helplessness in 1967 after a series of experiments on animals, suggesting that their findings could apply to humans. Learned helplessness leads to increased ...