Trayvon Martin Seligmans 'Black Lives Matter'

Psychology Writing Assignment In Psychology, “learned helplessness” is considered a mental state where an organism has learned to act or behave helpless in a particular situation, even though it may have the power to change the harmful and unpleasant circumstances. American psychologist Martin Seligman has linked this psychological condition to clinical depression and has even considered it a mental illness. Recently in the media, a movement called Black Lives Matter has been nationally recognized. It began in 2013 after the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, an African-American teenager. Between 2014 and 2016, several African American men have been shot and killed by police officers, which in turn has sparked several Black Lives Matter protests across the country. The Black Lives Matter campaign has transformed from a public outcry into a national movement, for the entire world to see. Jamal and Michael
The dependent variable would be the number of young black men who were, subsequently, shot. Cultural sensitivity training is independent because it can stand alone in the research study, it does not change based on the number of men shot. However, the number of black men shot depends on if officers went through the training and can comprehend it. I believe if more police academies required officers to participate in a cultural sensitivity training course, it would allow them to understand and become aware that there are cultural differences and similarities among people. We do not always need to assign a positive or negative, right or wrong, better or worse value. It would teach officers how to deal with different ethnic backgrounds that they are not so familiar with. The hypothesis would be the more officers who participate in the training and become more aware, the less number of young black men would lose their