In Seligman's learned helplessness research, prior exposure to ____ events resulted in less adaptive responding to ____ events.
A) contingent; contingent
B) contingent; non-contingent
C) non-contingent; contingent
D) non-contingent; non-contingent

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Seligman's research on learned helplessness demonstrated that prior exposure to non-contingent (uncontrollable) events led to a decrease in the ability to adapt to new, contingent (controllable) situations because the subjects learned to believe that their actions had no effect on outcomes.

In Seligman's Learned Helplessness Research, Prior Exposure to ____ Events