Regarding the Experiments on Learning Helplessness, Animals That First Learn

question 517

Multiple Choice

Regarding the experiments on learning helplessness, animals that first learn to escape the shocks

• A)were more persistent later in trying to escape the shocks and were more resistant to learned helplessness.
• B)gave up more quickly when the shocks became inescapable, which resulted in their being less resistant to learned helplessness.
• C)became extremely aggressive and hostile when the shocks became inescapable.
• D)showed stereotyped responding to the shocks.

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