Learned Helplessness and Learned Prevalence Exploring the Causal Relations Among Perceived Controllability, Reward Prevalence, and Exploration

Volume: 25, Issue: 10, Pages: 1861 - 1869
Published: Sep 5, 2014
Abstract
Exposure to uncontrollable outcomes has been found to trigger learned helplessness, a state in which the agent, because of lack of exploration, fails to take advantage of regained control. Although the implications of this phenomenon have been widely studied, its underlying cause remains undetermined. One can learn not to explore because the environment is uncontrollable, because the average reinforcement for exploring is low, or because rewards...
Paper Details
Title
Learned Helplessness and Learned Prevalence Exploring the Causal Relations Among Perceived Controllability, Reward Prevalence, and Exploration
Published Date
Sep 5, 2014
Volume
25
Issue
10
Pages
1861 - 1869
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