A Laboratory Procedure in Which Subjects Were Given Inescapable Shocks

question 567

Multiple Choice

A laboratory procedure in which subjects were given inescapable shocks until they made no attempts to escape produced

• A) compensation.
• B) sublimation.
• C) classical conditioning.
• D) learned helplessness.

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