Learned helplessness, characterized by feelings of helplessness and depression, is caused by
A. having your contributions go unappreciated (e.g., at work or school).
B. experiencing excessive empathy for the troubles of others.
C. experiencing random or uncontrolled consequences.
D. having others persistently perceive you as helpless.
Answer: C
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A. repression B. sublimation C. selective attention D. neologism
A person hears this from his therapist: "Your interpretation of the events in your life brings on your behaviors. If you can see yourself as less of a failure and more of a success, your behaviors will change." The therapist probably supports which approach to abnormal behavior?
a. cognitive-behavioral b. operant conditioning c. psychodynamic d. family systems
After a painful search, Descartes concluded that the only thing of which he could be certain was:
a. that God is a myth b. the mind and the body are a unit c. the fact that he doubted d. the existence of God
A statement that describes classical conditioning is that ______.
A. conditioned stimulus produces a different response from the unconditioned stimulus B. conditioned stimulus produces the same response from the unconditioned stimulus C. neutral stimulus and the unconditioned stimulus trigger a learned response D. neutral stimulus and the unconditioned stimulus trigger a diminished response