People who are exposed repeatedly to unpleasant events over which they have no control may become passively resigned to those outcomes. This is called __________
A) avoidance learning.
B) learned helplessness.
C) extinction.
D) cognitive dissonance.

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The phenomenon of becoming passively resigned to unpleasant events over which one has no control is called "learned helplessness."

People Who Are Exposed Repeatedly to Unpleasant Events Over Which