Learned helplessness can apply to both humans and animals. It is particularly applicable for our students, who may have LEARNED that they just cannot grasp math and/or science.
This is a great point, Connor. I wonder how students displaying learned helplessness behaviors compare to students we talked about this summer who choose not to learn. Could they be related? And how could we, as teachers, address this issue when it may be so ingrained in some of our older students?