College Students Faced with Unsolvable Problems Eventually Give Up and Make

question 173

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

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Definitions:

Bar Chart

A graphical display of data using bars of different heights or lengths to represent values of different categories.

Interval Data

Data measured along a scale, where each point is placed at an equal distance from one another, allowing for operations like addition and subtraction.

Pie Charts

A circular statistical graphic divided into slices to illustrate numerical proportion, with the size of each slice proportional to the quantity it represents.

Bar Charts

A type of graphical display used to represent categorical data with rectangular bars of lengths proportional to the values they represent.