Question

individuals who believe that an unpleasant experience is unavoidable and therefore do nothing to change the course of events are exhibiting
a. self - actualization attributes
b. the fight - or - flight response
c. attributional deficits
d. cognitive dissonance
e. learned helplessness

Explanation:

• Self-actualization refers to achieving one's full potential, which does not match the described behavior.
• Fight-or-flight is a stress response involving active action (fighting or fleeing), not inaction.
• Attributional deficits involve difficulties in assigning causes to events, not learned inaction.
• Cognitive dissonance is the discomfort from conflicting beliefs/actions, unrelated to this scenario.
• Learned helplessness is defined as a state where individuals stop trying to change a negative situation after repeated exposure to unavoidable negative events, which matches the described behavior.

Answer:

E. learned helplessness