The termed coined by Overmier and Seligman to describe the experience of dogs or humans exposed to an aversive situation over which they had no control was
a. depression.
b. amotivational.
c. anxious.
d. learned helplessness.
Answer: d: learned helplessness
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a. stability in self-knowledge b. the role of family in revising self-knowledge c. the role of the social world in revising self-knowledge d. how easily a person can just decide to change
What historical figure is most closely associated to the g-factor theory of intelligence?
A. Clarence Thomas B. Charles Spearman C. Alfred Binet D. Lewis Terman
Causing humiliation or physical harm to their sexual partner is characteristic of ______
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Research has found that information that people learn under the influence of a drug is best remembered when the drugged state occurs again. This laboratory experiment illustrates
a. eidetic imagery. b. the serial position effect. c. state-dependent learning. d. the tip-of-the-tongue state.