Describe Learned Helplessness

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Essay

Describe learned helplessness. How is it developed in laboratory animals, and how does it help us to understand human depression?

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Definitions:

Chloroplast

Membrane-bound organelle in algae and plants with chlorophyll-containing membranous thylakoids; where photosynthesis takes place.

Thylakoids

Membrane-bound compartments inside chloroplasts of plant cells, where light-dependent reactions of photosynthesis occur.

Chloroplast Membranes

Structures within chloroplasts that organize the internal environment and are crucial for photosynthesis.

Solar Energy

The radiant energy emitted by the sun, which can be converted into other forms of energy such as heat or electricity.