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==Origin==
The first recorded use of the [[word]] ''boredom'' is in the [[novel]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleak_House Bleak House] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dickens Charles Dickens], written in 1852, in which it appears six times, although the [[expression]] to be a ''bore'' had been used in the sense of "to be tiresome or dull" since 1768. The French term for boredom, ''ennui'', is sometimes used in [[English]] as well.
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century 1852]
==Definitions==
*1: The [[state]] of [[being]] [[weary]] and restless through lack of interest
*2: The class of ''bores'' as a whole.
==Description==
'''Boredom''' is an [[emotional]] state [[experienced]] when an [[individual]] is without any [[work]] or is not interested in their [[surroundings]].
Although it has not been widely [[studied]], [[research]] on boredom suggests that boredom is a major [[factor]] impacting [[diverse]] areas of a [[person]]'s life. People ranked low on a boredom-proneness scale were found to have better [[performance]] in a wide variety of aspects of their lives, including [[career]], [[education]], and [[autonomy]]. Boredom can be a [[symptom]] of clinical [[depression]]. Boredom can be a form of learned helplessness, a [[phenomenon]] closely related to depression. Some philosophies of [[parenting]] [[propose]] that if [[children]] are raised in an [[environment]] devoid of [[stimuli]], and are not allowed or [[encouraged]] to [[interact]] with their [[environment]], they will fail to [[develop]] the mental capacities to do so.
In a [[learning]] environment, a common cause of boredom is lack of [[understanding]]; for instance, if one is not following or connecting to the [[material]] in a [[class]] or [[lecture]], it will usually seem boring. However, the [[opposite]] can also be true; something that is too easily understood, [[simple]] or [[transparent]], can also be boring. Boredom is often inversely related to [[learning]], and in [[school]] it may be a sign that a [[student]] is not challenged enough, or too challenged. An [[activity]] that is predictable to the students is likely to bore them.
[[Category: Psychology]]
==Origin==
The first recorded use of the [[word]] ''boredom'' is in the [[novel]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleak_House Bleak House] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dickens Charles Dickens], written in 1852, in which it appears six times, although the [[expression]] to be a ''bore'' had been used in the sense of "to be tiresome or dull" since 1768. The French term for boredom, ''ennui'', is sometimes used in [[English]] as well.
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century 1852]
==Definitions==
*1: The [[state]] of [[being]] [[weary]] and restless through lack of interest
*2: The class of ''bores'' as a whole.
==Description==
'''Boredom''' is an [[emotional]] state [[experienced]] when an [[individual]] is without any [[work]] or is not interested in their [[surroundings]].
Although it has not been widely [[studied]], [[research]] on boredom suggests that boredom is a major [[factor]] impacting [[diverse]] areas of a [[person]]'s life. People ranked low on a boredom-proneness scale were found to have better [[performance]] in a wide variety of aspects of their lives, including [[career]], [[education]], and [[autonomy]]. Boredom can be a [[symptom]] of clinical [[depression]]. Boredom can be a form of learned helplessness, a [[phenomenon]] closely related to depression. Some philosophies of [[parenting]] [[propose]] that if [[children]] are raised in an [[environment]] devoid of [[stimuli]], and are not allowed or [[encouraged]] to [[interact]] with their [[environment]], they will fail to [[develop]] the mental capacities to do so.
In a [[learning]] environment, a common cause of boredom is lack of [[understanding]]; for instance, if one is not following or connecting to the [[material]] in a [[class]] or [[lecture]], it will usually seem boring. However, the [[opposite]] can also be true; something that is too easily understood, [[simple]] or [[transparent]], can also be boring. Boredom is often inversely related to [[learning]], and in [[school]] it may be a sign that a [[student]] is not challenged enough, or too challenged. An [[activity]] that is predictable to the students is likely to bore them.
[[Category: Psychology]]