In the original learned helplessness model, people were said to experience learned helplessness when they
A) encountered obstacles they could not overcome.
B) encountered aversive events.
C) generalized their inability to control one aversive event to a situation they might be able to control.
D) gave up trying after they realized they could not do anything about an aversive situation.

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The original learned helplessness model proposed that when people encountered aversive events and generalized their inability to control one aversive event to a situation they might be able to control, they experienced learned helplessness.

In the Original Learned Helplessness Model, People Were Said to Experience