Martin Seligman and his colleagues found that animals that suffered inescapable shocks in a training phase did not attempt to avoid a shock in the testing phase in an experiment. He coined this behavior ____________.
A) extinction
B) learned failing
C) learned helplessness
D) extinctive helplessness

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Martin Seligman and his colleagues coined the term "learned helplessness" to describe the behavior observed in animals that had previously experienced inescapable shocks and gave up attempting to avoid shocks in subsequent testing phases. Choices A, B, and D do not accurately describe this behavior.

Martin Seligman and His Colleagues Found That Animals That Suffered