Mandy has decided that she has no control over the aversive stimuli she encounters at work and at home day by day. Thus, she has
given up trying to make her life better. Psychologists would say Mandy's worldview illustrates A. emotion-focused coping. B. learned avoidant coping. C. problem-focused coping. D. learned helplessness.
The correct answer would be option D, Learned Helplessness.
Explanation:
When a person has no control over the outcome of a situation, he feels mentally ill, unstable, and in deep depression. This situation is called the learned helplessness. Learned Helplessness is the mental depression which arises when a person learns the helplessness, he has no control over something, he can not do anything about a certain thing, he completely thinks that he has no control over the situation or the outcome of the situation. So in this question, Mandy has decided that she has no control over the aversive stimuli she encounters at work and home, this means she has learned helplessness.
