Talk:Motivation and emotion/Book/2011/Learned helplessness

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James! I worked out how to change the colour of the box. theme= a number which corresponds to a colour. Green is 9. That's all i know. lol. Your topics look great and I can't wait to read some more Noodles&Wedges 07:12, 1 November 2011 (UTC) Hope you get the rest up before nine am tomorrow. I looked forward to reading it. ps. I love the monkey picture. Noodles&Wedges 03:56, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

Comment by Magnolia - the experiments with animals was very interesting - excellent content - well done - liked the video

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Overall Overall comments This chapter demonstrates a wide range of research applied to the theory of learned helplessness, is well-written and engages in a critical analysis of the literature. It would benefit from some further discussion points and proof reading. Theory Theory comments The theory of learned helplessness, its origins in animal experiments and how it arises and was applied to the model of human depression was very well done and followed a logical structure. The theory could be extended with more recent findings that suggest people with depression actually have a better understanding of the controllability of events, but this is less healthy than having a control bias and optimistic explanatory style. The chapter could emphasise more of the motivational, learning and emotional deficits from learned helplessness before addressing how it is overcome in the self-help section. Research Research comments The discussion of relevant research focused on describing key studies and was particularly well done, indicating a wide range of research which was well integrated with the theory. The section on how to overcome learned helplessness addresses the self-help focus of the chapter. Mentioning the need to develop a mastery orientation, optimistic explanatory style and how the use of CBT (used in depression) can counter learned helplessness would strengthen this section. The conclusion is fairly critical of learned helplessness based on valid criticisms discussed in text. However, note that some criticisms have subsequently been addressed (failure expectation and trauma were ruled out in favour of uncontrollability) and learned helplessness may still be a useful model for human depression where uncontrollability is paired with unpredictability. Written expression Written expression comments Wiki features were used effectively; the box really highlights the in-depth discussion of Seligman and Maier’s learned helplessness experiment, images (some with captions) were utilised, and the focus questions helped set up the aims of the chapter. Some sentences require clarification: “The second group received the same shock as the second group however the termination of the shock was dependant on the second group as the third group could not terminate the shock”, “the learning process of the better". Further proof reading may have assisted in eliminating some minor errors (e.g., affect/effect). APA style was expertly handled.

Rfoster 04:22, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

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Overall Overall, this is a basic, but well-executed narrated slide text with accompanying image presentation. Structure and content Ideally, establish some self-help focus questions in the general introduction and/or explain what will be covered Content was fairly basic (only 3:30 of 5:00 used) but well-organised No summary? What are the take-home messages? Communication Narration voice is excellent - smooth, easy to listen to, relaxing. The presentation relies more on audio than visual - visual aspects could be developed further e.g., by providing more accompanying images Provide more examples Audio pacing is good Production quality Overall, production quality is good. Font size, type and colour easy to read Attribution for images? Was permission gained for use? (Otherwise this is copyright violation) Well done on providing a link back to the book chapter. Thanks for releasing the video under a Creative Commons Attribution license.

-- Jtneill - Talk - c 02:00, 11 December 2011 (UTC)