Helpless in Healing

Inspired by a frustrating patient interaction, this piece delves into the the role of the physician-patient relationship throughout the healing process

To Help the Helpless

A thesis presented to the faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences at Morehead State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements.for the Degree of Master of Arts Degree in Communication by Barbara Gail Wilson on October 12, 1984

THE PHENOMENON OF HELPLESS BEHAVIOR IN JUNIOR SCHOOL AGE: THE ESSENCE, CONTENT, CONDITIONS FOR OVERCOMING HELPLESSNESS

The article deals with the problem of helpless behavior of a child of junior school age – the structure, peculiarities of the manifestation of helplessness, the consequences of fixing helpless behavior for the next stages of the student's development.The article analyzes the psychological and pedagogical conditions for overcoming the helpless behavior of schoolchildren in the conditions of an elementary school. The article contains the results of the diagnosis of helpless behavior, recommendations for teachers on the use of various forms and methods of preventing and overcoming the trained helplessness among elementary school students.The article intended for public reading, as well as for those who are interested in pedagogical research

\u27We felt so helpless\u27

Thousands of Birds Die in Chesapeake Bay Oil Spil

Causal attributions and task persistence of learned-helpless and mastery-oriented sixth graders in math, physical education, and reading

The purpose of this Investigation was to document the existence and study the globalness of the learned-helpless phenomenon among sixth graders. Students were Identified as learned helpless or mastery oriented based on their scores on a modified form of the Intellectual Achievement Responsibility CIAR) Scale (Crandall, Katkovsky, & Crandall, 1965) and ratings from their math, physical education, and reading teachers. A total of 23 students were identified and Included in the study from a populations of 197. This sample included 11 students classified as learned helpless (7 male and 4 female) and 12 students classified as mastery oriented (7 male and 5 female)