Hailey thinks that it doesn't matter how hard she studies for her classes. Sometimes she studies and other times she doesn't, but her grades are always the same. Soon, Hailey never studies because she doesn't see any reason to do so. Hailey is experiencing

A. learned helplessness.
B. social learning.
C. latent learning.
D. observational learning.


Answer: A

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