The Original Learned Helplessness Experiments Placed Dogs in a Harness

question 4

Multiple Choice

The original learned helplessness experiments placed dogs in a harness where they were exposed to electric shocks. Later, the dogs were placed in a shuttle-box where they experienced more shocks. The dogs that exhibited learned helplessness

• A) quickly learned to escape the shocks in a shuttle-box.
• B) failed to escape the shocks in the shuttle-box.
• C) escaped the shocks in the shuttle-box but only after several trials.
• D) escaped the shuttle-box shocks but then showed signs of helplessness.

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