A researcher places dogs in a cage with metal bars on the floor.The dogs are randomly given electric shocks and can do nothing to prevent them or stop them.Later,the same dogs are placed in a cage where they can escape the shocks by jumping over a low hurdle.When the shocks are given,the dogs do not even try to escape.They just sit and cower.This is an example of:

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This is an example of learned helplessness, where the dogs have learned to be helpless and not attempt to escape even when it is possible to do so. They have learned from their previous experience of receiving shocks that there is no point in trying to escape as they cannot prevent the shocks from happening.

A Researcher Places Dogs in a Cage with Metal Bars