Learned Helplessness Can Result When Humans Are Subjected to Aversive

question 17

Multiple Choice

Learned helplessness can result when humans are subjected to aversive events that

• A) are unavoidable.
• B) negatively reinforce aggressiveness.
• C) positively reinforce aggressiveness.
• D) are high in control but low in predictability.

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Definitions:

Treatments

In a research context, interventions applied to subjects or conditions to observe effects.

Factors

Variables or elements that contribute to a particular result or situation.

Experiments

Scientific procedures undertaken to discover an unknown effect, test a hypothesis, or demonstrate a known fact.

Placebo

A substance or treatment with no therapeutic effect, often used as a control in testing new drugs.