Children Who Display the learned Helplessness syndrome

question 103

Multiple Choice

Children who display the learned helplessness syndrome

• A) tend to attribute their failures to a lack of ability
• B) show marked deterioration of performance after experiencing a failure
• C) often have previous academic attainments that equal or exceed those of their mastery-oriented classmates
• D) tend to attribute their failures to a lack of ability and show marked deterioration of performance after experiencing a failure
• E) all of these

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Definitions:

Emitted Behavior

Behavior that is spontaneously produced by an organism rather than being elicited by a known stimulus.

Continuous Reinforcement

A conditioning schedule where every correct response or desired behavior is followed by a reward, used to establish or strengthen behaviors.

Food-deprived Rats

A condition used in experiments where rats are not given food for a period of time to study the effects of hunger on behavior and physiology.

Lever

A simple mechanical device consisting of a rigid bar that pivots on a fixed point, used to apply force and move an object at one end by applying force to the other.