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Not if it is combined with the other two (permanent and pervasive.) The idea is that if something is your fault, and cannot be changed, and in fact everything
by michael_dorfman 16y ago
Not if it is combined with the other two (permanent and pervasive.) The idea is that if something is your fault, and cannot be changed, and in fact everything is your fault, then the conclusion is that you are hopelessly defective, and there is nothing to be done: learned helplessness.
- chc 16y agoI know a woman who was telling me about a cause she thought somebody should take up. I told her nobody else seemed to be interested in getting the ball rolling, so she should lead the charge. She looked like I'd suggested bending spoons with her mind. "A person like me can't do that," she explained. She didn't mean that it would be too draining or impractical for somebody in her situation. She just wasn't capable — it was an a priori fact.