Welcome to the Social-Engineer Podcast: The Doctor Is In Series – where we will discuss understandings and developments in the field of psychology.   In today’s episode, Chris and Abbie are discussing the psychology of Learned Helplessness. What it is, who’s most at risk, and ways to cope with it. [Aug 7, 2023]   00:00 - Intro 00:20 - Dr. Abbie Maroño Intro 01:02 - Intro Links -          Social-Engineer.com - http://www.social-engineer.com/ -          Managed Voice Phishing - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/vishing-service/ -          Managed Email Phishing - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/se-phishing-service/ -          Adversarial Simulations - https://www.social-engineer.com/services/social-engineering-penetration-test/ -          Social-Engineer channel on SLACK - https://social-engineering-hq.slack.com/ssb -          CLUTCH - http://www.pro-rock.com/ -          innocentlivesfoundation.org - http://www.innocentlivesfoundation.org/                                                 05:45 - The Topic of the Day: Learned Helplessness                                                          06:40 - Negative Conditioning                                                    11:12 - The Most Vulnerable                                                       13:59 - Starting the Cycle                                                              15:17 - Function of Survival                                                          17:56 - Some, Not All                                                      19:48 - Locus of Control                                                 22:23 - False Sense of Control                                                     25:27 - Effects on the Brain                                                          28:31 - How to Heal                                                        34:14 - Open Dialogues                                                 35:58 - Wrap Up                                                               36:15 - Next Month: Con Artists                                                 36:41 - Outro -          www.social-engineer.com -          www.innocentlivesfoundation.org   Find us online: -          Twitter: https://twitter.com/abbiejmarono -          LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dr-abbie-maroño-phd-35ab2611a -          Twitter: https://twitter.com/humanhacker -          LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/christopherhadnagy   References: Greenwood, B. N., & Fleshner, M. (2008). Exercise, learned helplessness, and the stress-resistant brain. Neuromolecular medicine, 10, 81-98. Overmier, J. B. (2002). On learned helplessness. Integrative Physiological & Behavioral Science, 37, 4-8. Seligman, M. E. (1972). Learned helplessness. Annual review of medicine, 23(1), 407-412. Maier, S. F., & Seligman, M. E. (1976). Learned helplessness: theory and evidence. Journal of experimental psychology: general, 105(1), 3. Peterson, C., Maier, S. F., & Seligman, M. E. (1993). Learned helplessness: A theory for