Learned helplessness results when children
a. learn that, by acting helpless, they can get their parents to do things for them.
b. whose parents are responsive to crying learn to cry more often.
c. come to enjoy pretending to be helpless.
d. become passive in situations where they have learned that their actions do not influence events.
ANSWER: d
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a. True b. False