Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. The similarity of behavior between helpless subjects and depressed individuals provides support for Seligman’s model of learned helplessness.
2. An external attribution is the belief that internal characteristics cause the outcome.
3. The word car is an example of a concept.
4. Attributes are features of an object or event that varies from one instance to another.
5. The prototype of the concept is the object that has the greatest number of attributes in common with other members of the concept.


1. True
2. False
3. True
4. True
5. True

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