In the Learned Helplessness Experiments, Dogs Learned to Passively Submit

question 57

Multiple Choice

In the learned helplessness experiments, dogs learned to passively submit to shocks through a procedure in which the experimenters

• A)flashed a signal light before each shock so the dog freezes with fear.
• B)forcibly dragged the dog to the shock department.
• C)administered several shocks while preventing escape.
• D)placed a barrier so the dog must leap to escape the shocks.

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Definitions:

Limited Resources

The finite availability of inputs (like labor, capital, and land) that are used for the production of goods and services.

Economics

A branch of social science that examines the methods by which people, governmental bodies, corporations, and states allocate finite resources to meet their infinite needs.

Opportunity Cost

The cost of foregone alternatives when a decision is made, essentially what is given up to undertake a certain action.

Alternative Use

speaks to the different ways an asset or resource can be utilized outside its current application, highlighting its opportunity cost.