A laboratory procedure in which subjects were given inescapable shocks until they made no attempts to escape produced
A) compensation.
B) sublimation.
C) classical conditioning.
D) learned helplessness.

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The laboratory procedure described is a classic experimental paradigm used to study learned helplessness, where subjects learn that they have no control over negative stimuli and stop trying to escape or avoid them. This is a form of operant conditioning, not classical conditioning. Compensation and sublimation are not relevant concepts here.

A Laboratory Procedure in Which Subjects Were Given Inescapable Shocks