Seligman's Learned Helplessness Model

question 11

Multiple Choice

Seligman's learned helplessness model

• A) is based primarily on human research.
• B) posits active giving up as a cause of depression.
• C) posits that pessimistic explanatory style is related to depression.
• D) all of these are true.

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Freud

Renowned early 20th-century psychologist known for developing psychoanalytic theory which emphasizes unconscious motivations and childhood experiences.

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