Question

While watching the evening news, you see a story about domestic abuse and wonder, "why would anyone stay in a relationship where they are being abused?" according to seligman, one factor that may contribute to victims staying in abusive relationships is ________?

Answer 1

I believe the answer is: Learned helplessness
Learned helplessness refers to the feel of helplesness that created by exposing an individual to a negative situation for a long period of time, to the point where they perceive the negative situation as something that 'normal' or 'supposed to happen'