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Which of the following phrases is most likely to be made by a person demonstrating learned helplessness?
 
  a. The Lord willing and the creek don't rise, we'll have crops this year
  b. If they can't do anything about this, then neither can I
  c. I just hate going back to the same place and meeting the same people all over again
  d. A wise person does not go back to a wishing well that has no luck

Question 2

In the context of Seligman's study of learned helplessness in dogs, which of the following statements is true?
 
  a. The first part of the experiment was based on a Freudian conditioning situation.
  b. In the second part, the dogs displayed the required operant behavior by jumping over the low barrier in the box.
  c. The learned reaction of the dogs in the first part generalized to the second part, even though a means of escape was available.
  d. The dogs were being conditioned to associate a high-pitched sound with the smell of food.



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
FEEDBACK: Learned helplessness was found to occur after human subjects simply observed helpless models, especially when the subjects recognized similarities between themselves and the models (Chamber & Hammonds, 2014). The experimenters in these and many other studies suggested that the subjects were saying, in effect, If the models can't do anything about this, then neither can I.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
FEEDBACK: Seligman suggested that perhaps during the first part of the experiment the dogs had learned that they were helpless to change their situation. When the tone sounded, there was nothing they could do to avoid the paired shock. This learned reaction apparently generalized to the second part of the experiment, even though a means of escape was available.



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