College students faced with unsolvable problems eventually

give up and make only half-hearted attempts to solve new problems, even when the new problems can be solved easily. This behavior is probably due to _____
a) learned helplessness.
b) contingency blocking.
c) latent learning.
d) response generalization.

Answer: a

Psychology

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Which of the following types of processing would result in the best memory?

a) thinking about how many syllables are in the word you are trying to remember b) thinking of a rhyming word c) evaluating whether the word fits into a sentence d) thinking about how the word relates to you

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