Example of Learned Helplessness

An example of Learned Helplessness could be the way elephants at the circus are trained and they have learned helplessness and that is why they dont attack humans. As we all know, elephants are really dangerous animals, but, with learned helplessness humans have taken advantage of it and that is how they have control over them. For example, if you have a baby elephant and put a heavy chain around his neck and then shock him, so it tries to escape; the elephant wont be able to escape. So, with time the elephant develops learned helplessness. When the elephant grows and it is in under human tame, it has learned helplessness and now it doesnt require a big chain to secure him, just a small rope so the elephant can feel helpless and thats how it experiences learned helplessness.