Learned helplessness is most likely to result when responses have no effect on the environment responses have no effect on the environment A young organisms fail to imprint at the critical period young organisms fail to imprint at the critical period B a response is reinforced independently a response is reinforced independently C reinforcement occurs on an intermittent schedule reinforcement occurs on an intermittent schedule D an organism receives negative reinforcement

Learned helplessness is most likely to result when:

A. responses have no effect on the environment

Explanation:

Learned helplessness occurs when a person is exposed to an aversive stimulus so frequently that she stops trying to avoid or escape it. This person learns that there is nothing she can do to prevent or stop that stimulus, that is, that her responses have no effect on the environment. For that reason, she simply becomes inactive, helpless, believing there is no way to change the situation. Even when presented with alternatives, that person will choose to do nothing.

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