Compare and contrast the Learned Helplessness Effect with de
 Compare and contrast the Learned Helplessness Effect with depression.
  Compare and contrast the Learned Helplessness Effect with depression.
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Symptoms of depression Corresponding to that in learned helplessness
depressed mood helplessness
 lack of interest in all activities cognitive representation of uncontrollability
 reduction in appetite leading to loss in weight helpless animals eat less and loose weight
 insomnia or hypersomnia dont know this point
 psychomotor agitation helpless animals are passive in face of shock
 feeling without energy lack of response initiation
 feeling of uselessness and guilt perception that individual cannot control environment
 inability to concentrate or think clearly cognitive representation of uncontrollability
 thoughts of death and suicide helpless animals may die in traumatic conditions

