Martin Seligman and Steven Maier found that learned helplessness could be overcome in dogs by forcibly dragging them over the shuttlebox barrier to escape the electric shocks.

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This is true. Seligman and Maier's study demonstrated that dogs who were forcibly dragged over the barrier of the shuttlebox to escape the shocks learned to jump over the barrier on their own in subsequent trials, indicating that their sense of helplessness had been overcome.

Martin Seligman and Steven Maier Found That Learned Helplessness Could