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Explain the concept of learned helplessness.

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learned helplessness is when a human or animal is repeatedly exposed to painful stimuli and can not or don’t want to try to escape it even if it is escapable
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Learned helplessness is behavior typical of a human or an animal and occurs where the subject endures repeatedly painful which it is unable to escape or avoid.
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