B F Skinner Was Able to Produce Learned Helplessness in Birds

question 40

True/False

B. F. Skinner was able to produce learned helplessness in birds, monkeys, dogs, and rats by alternating fixed-interval and variable-ratio schedules of reinforcement.

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