According to Martin Seligman, a condition resulting from the perception that we have no control over our environment is called:
a. basic anxiety.
c. learned helplessness.
b. the Jonah complex.
d. depression.
ANS: C
FEEDBACK: In the mid-1960s, psychologist Martin Seligman at the University of Pennsylvania, who would later lead the happiness and positive psychology trend in psychology, began research on a limited-domain facet of personality called learned helplessness. It is defined as a condition resulting from the perception that we have no control over our environment.
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