Research has demonstrated that animals that have experienced inescapable exposure to an aversive stimulus in the first training phase of a study
A) are unaffected in the second phase by an attention-grabbing stimulus presented when a response is made and the aversive stimulus is terminated.
B) are less likely to experience extinction of escape responding after they have learned the escape response.
C) can relearn that behavior and outcome are unrelated very rapidly, even after they have learned an escape response.
D) experience less stress and negative health consequences in later phases, when their expectations have come to match their experiences.

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Animals that have experienced inescapable aversive stimuli often develop learned helplessness, where they fail to learn escape responses because they have learned that their actions do not affect outcomes.

Research Has Demonstrated That Animals That Have Experienced Inescapable Exposure