Learned helplessness was originally formulated as a theory of depression to explain
A)the inability of dogs to escape shocks after they had been exposed to inescapable shock.
B)the apparent inability of some depressive individuals to learn to escape difficult situations.
C)situations in which depressed individuals appear non-depressed,but are helpless to initiate new activities.
D)a failure to learn from mistakes that is exhibited by some animals.

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Learned helplessness was first observed in dogs that were unable to escape shocks after being conditioned with inescapable shocks, leading to the theory's application to human depression.

Learned Helplessness Was Originally Formulated as a Theory of Depression