College Students Faced with Unsolvable Problems Eventually Give Up and Make

question 165

Multiple Choice

College students faced with unsolvable problems eventually give up and make only half-hearted attempts to solve new problems, even when the new problems can be solved easily. This behavior is probably due to ________.

• A) contingency blocking
• B) response generalization
• C) latent learning
• D) learned helplessness

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Definitions:

Probability Of Failure

The probability that a system or component will not execute its designated purpose as expected.

Expected Value

A calculated average or mean of all possible outcomes of a random variable, considering the probabilities of each outcome.

Binomial Random Variable

A type of discrete random variable that arises in situations where an experiment or process is repeated a fixed number of times, with each trial having two possible outcomes (success or failure) and a constant probability of success.

Binomial Probability Distribution

A probability distribution that summarizes the likelihood that a variable will take one of two independent values under a given set of parameters or conditions.