Quotes by Seligman, Martin E. P.

The drive to resist compulsion is more important in wild animals than >>

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Quotations about Control

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The drive to resist compulsion is more important in wild animals than sex, food, or water. He found that captive white-footed mice spent inordinate time and energy just resisting experimental manipulation. If the experimenters turned the lights up, the mouse spent his time turning them down. If the experimenter turned the lights down, the mouse turned them up. The drive for competence or to resist compulsion is a drive to avoid helplessness.

Seligman, Martin E. P.