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Question 3 (1 point) An animal has been trained in a context where a shock (negative stimulus) is unavoidable. This is an example of Learned helplessness Superstitious conditioning Both the first two answers Poor experimental design

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An animal has been trained in a context where a shock ( negative stimulus) is unavoidable. This is an example of

The correct answer is Learned helplessness .

Justification - The definiton of the term learned helplessness is that, after going through trying times or stressful events, when the individual does not try to change or help himself or herself with it, inspite of getting frequent chances to do so. The term leaned comes into picture when they have already learned that they cannot help the situation and hence do not try to change it. For example- When a child keeps failing in Math test and does not tries to overcome its failures ,inspite of the presence of best coaching classes teaching Math.