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After dogs have experienced inescapable shocks, they are placed in a shuttlebox in which they can easily jump over a barrier from one side of the shuttlebox to the other. If the dogs have developed learned helplessness, they would most likely respond to another shock by__________.

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Answer: They will respond to another shock by failing to attempt escape.

Explanation: Learned helplessness is a belief that one is incapable of performing some tasks after a series of failures. In this case, the dogs will not attempt to escape even if they could easily jump the shuttle box in reality.

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