Buffy ,'Empty Places'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
learned helplessness
Christ. I've been trying to remember this phrase for years. I think -- does it cover the scenario where if something isn't done right the first time, the subject becomes passive aggressively unable to ever do it right, regardless of the complexity?
does it cover the scenario where if something isn't done right the first time, the subject becomes passive aggressively unable to ever do it right, regardless of the complexity?
I'd say so. Though I might also refer to that person as shortly-to-be-bludgeoned-to-death-with-a-nearby-object.
I might also refer to that person as shortly-to-be-bludgeoned-to-death-with-a-nearby-object
The example where I first heard the term referred to that person as "the husband."
It's also for people who have few problem solving skills and need to be handheld through each of the tiniest steps of any task. repeatedly.
It's my personal buggabo these days.
It's my personal buggabo these days.
You'd think that a Word document with screenshots of every step would help, right? Perhaps not, but definitely not if you never open it.
The example where I first heard the term referred to that person as "the husband."
Does not bode well.
Ha!
See, I work with kids who ask the same questions each time. "Ms. G. We're out of tape. What should we do?"
"Well, did you look in the drawer of the student resource bin marked tape?"
I work with kids who ask the same questions each time. "Ms. G. We're out of tape. What should we do?"
It's infecting me. Why do I bother asking "Did you read the e-mail dated the 18th?" every fucking time when it's obvious they haven't? Because I'm sure, this time I'll teach them.
Oh, okay. Sure.
"Ms. G. We're out of tape. What should we do?"
Good lord, you teach my co-workers.
I think -- does it cover the scenario where if something isn't done right the first time, the subject becomes passive aggressively unable to ever do it right, regardless of the complexity?
Yes, it is a theory of depression that says if you have repeated experiences of being unable to escape negative events then you will become passive and will no longer even try to escape them. The symptoms of depression are taken to result from this giving-up.
The theory was very popular in the 80's. Now, NSM.