Conditioned Helplessness and Human Escape Behavior

The present study was undertaken to determine, first, whether or not "helplessness" can be conditioned in human subjects, and, secondly, the amount of behavioral variability that can be accounted for in terms of locus of control as measured by Rotter's Internal-External control scale (I-E scale).

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science (MS)

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Experimental Psychology

Year

1969

Author dc:creator

• Gabbard, Robert E., Jr.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Philip Tolin
• Larry M. Sparks
• Warren R. Street

• Science
• Conditioned response
• Escape (Psychology)
• Helplessness (Psychology)
• Applied Behavior Analysis
• Psychology
• Social and Behavioral Sciences

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/etd/1156

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.cwu.edu:etd-2171