Seligman Believes That People Learn to Perceive Themselves as Helpless

question 219

Multiple Choice

Seligman believes that people learn to perceive themselves as helpless because of their ______.

• A) experiences
• B) cardinal traits
• C) ordinal traits
• D) failure to self-actualize

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