noun
learned helplessness
Psychology term for a state where repeated failure leads to passive acceptance and lack of effort, even when escape is possible.
学習性無力感は、うつ病のモデルとして研究されることがある。
Learned helplessness is sometimes studied as a model for depression.
Compound of 学習 (learning), 性 (nature/characteristic), 無力 (powerlessness), and 感 (feeling). Calque of English 'learned helplessness', a term coined by psychologist Martin Seligman.