Seligman's learned helplessness model suggests that our attributions about events are associated with our risk of depression. For someone who is prone to depression, which of the following is a likely attribution about a bad grade on a test?

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Seligman's learned helplessness model suggests that individuals prone to depression are more likely to make internal, stable, and global attributions for negative events. Choice C ("I'll never understand this stuff.") reflects an internal (blaming oneself), stable (believing the situation won't change), and global (believing the problem applies broadly) attribution, which aligns with the model's description of attributions that increase the risk of depression.

Seligman's Learned Helplessness Model Suggests That Our Attributions About Events