In the Original Learned Helplessness Model, People Were Said to Experience

question 25

Multiple Choice

In the original learned helplessness model, people were said to experience learned helplessness when they

• A) encountered obstacles they could not overcome.
• B) encountered aversive events.
• C) generalized their inability to control one aversive event to a situation they might be able to control.
• D) gave up trying after they realized they could not do anything about an aversive situation.

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