Learned Helplessness Quiz

1. An organism forced to bear aversive stimuli, or stimuli that are painful or otherwise unpleasant, becomes _______________________ to avoid subsequent encounters because they have learned they cannot _____________ the situation. 2. _____________________ was the developer of the theory of learned helplessness. He was an _______________ psychologist who studied at the ___________________________________ in the late 1960s-70s.

3. While conducting experimental research on classical conditioning, Seligman inadvertently discovered that dogs that had received _______________electric shocks failed to __________________ in subsequent situations. Seligman coined the term __________________________ to describe the expectation that outcomes are ______________.

4. Seligman would __________ one side of the floor so the dog would have to figure out how to ____________________________. 5. Seligman started administrating an _______________________ to the animals. 6. Seligman violated citation ______ of the ______________________________________________________________ while conducting his research.

7. Later research discovered that the original theory of learned helplessness ____________ to account for peoples ______________________ to situations.

8. A student may begin to feel _____________________ if he/she works hard but consistently gets poor grades.

9. Learned helplessness may occur in these three states: _____________, they may see themselves as the problem, _________________, they may see the problem as affecting all aspects of life, _______________, they may see the problem as unchanging.

10. If humans feel as though they cannot control their environment, this lack of control will ____________________ in certain situations.