Question

Because of repeated verbal and physical assaults, Alana has developed low self-esteem and feels that she cannot control the abuse or the events around them. In essence, she has learned to feel helpless, and has difficulty envisioning a way out of her situation. This is called:_________a) common couple violence.b) situational power.c) learned helplessness.d) non-leavers.e) intergenerational transmission of violence.

Answer 1

Answer:

c) learned helplessness.

Explanation:

Learned helplessness: The term learned helplessness was originally proposed by Martin Seligman while doing his experiment on dogs.

In psychology, the term learned helplessness is defined as the procedure when animals or human beings feel helpless and incapable while avoiding negative circumstances or situations.

In learned helplessness, an organism tends to bear or tolerate an aversive or unpleasant stimuli and becomes unwilling to ignore those stimuli's subsequent encounters even when they can be out of the situation, it happens because they feel the situation is inescapable.