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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