In Overmeier and Seligman's Experiment on Learned Helplessness, the Dogs

question 82

Multiple Choice

In Overmeier and Seligman's experiment on learned helplessness, the dogs in the control group

• A) jumped over the barrier to the safe area of the cage.
• B) could not learn to escape the shocks.
• C) refused to move, even when prompted.
• D) took all the shocks the experimenters gave them without moving.

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Definitions:

Facilitated Diffusion

The process of spontaneous passive transport of molecules or ions across a biological membrane via specific transmembrane integral proteins.

Active Exocytosis

Active exocytosis is a cellular process where substances are expelled from a cell, requiring energy for vesicles to fuse with the plasma membrane.

Chromatid

Each of the two strands of a replicated chromosome, which are joined at the centromere before cell division.

Centromere

The area on a chromosome where spindle microtubules connect through the kinetochore during the process of cell division.