Question

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. It is as if they now expect to fail. This behavior is probably due to ______.

Answer 1

Answer: The behavior is LEARNED HELPLESSNESS.

Explanation: Learned helplessness

is Martin Seligman's psychological theory of depression, he explained it as state that arises after a person has experienced a stressful situation overtime . The individual come to believe that they are unable to control or change the situation they find themselves in, so they give up on making an attempt to change things even when opportunities for change becomes available.