Failure to take steps to avoid or escape from an unpleasant or aversive stimulus that occurs as a result of previous exposure to unavoidable painful stimuli is called ________

a. vicarious learning
b. learned helplessness
c. avoidance learning
d. aversive conditioning

Answer: b

Psychology

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Stimulation of the pontomesencephalon ____

a. awakens a sleeping individual b. decreases alertness in someone already awake c. shifts the EEG from short waves to long, slow waves d. delays the onset of the next REM period

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