Jonah is in his psychology class and has just gotten his third exam score back. It's an "F" again! He hasn't passed one single exam this semester. He decides to quit studying for that class at all since it hasn't seemed to help much. Jonah is exhibiting ____.
A) risk aversion
B) temporal discounting
C) the certainty effect
D) learned helplessness

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Jonah is exhibiting learned helplessness, which is a state of giving up after experiencing repeated failure or lack of control over a situation. By quitting studying altogether, he is giving up and no longer believing that his efforts will make a difference in his grades.

Jonah Is in His Psychology Class and Has Just Gotten