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Leia, who has been constantly harassed and bullied by her brother Luke for as long as she can remember, believes that she will never feel happy and free to enjoy life no matter how hard she tries. Her belief is best explained by faulty neurotransmitter circuits. internal conflicts. learned helplessness. personality disorder.

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Answer: learned helplessness.

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Learned helplessness is a theory developed by the psychologist Martin E.P. Seligman in the late 1960s and ’70s. It refers to a psychological state produced by being obliged to endure aversive stimuli, resulting in being incapable or reluctant to evade new confrontations, even if that same stimulus becomes avoidable. It´s presumed that the subject has determined that the situation is out of their control.

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