College students faced with unsolvable problems eventually give up and make only half-hearted attempts to solve new problems, even when the new problems can be solved easily. This behavior is probably due to __________.

A. learned helplessness
B. contingency blocking
C. latent learning
D. response generalization


Answer: A

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