Jonah Is in His Psychology Class and Has Just Gotten

question 109

Multiple Choice

Jonah is in his psychology class and has just gotten his third exam score back. It's an "F" again! He has not passed one single exam this semester. He decides to quit studying for the class since it has not seemed to help much. Jonah is exhibiting ____.

• A)reactance
• B)temporal discounting
• C)the certainty effect
• D)learned helplessness

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