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Samuel, William; Nilsen, Paul – 1983
Following a traditional learned helplessness paradigm, subjects initially tried to terminate random bursts of noise using a button-pressing manipulandum and next tried to solve 20 serially-presented anagrams. The noise was broadcast at either a loud or soft intensity, and the subject's button-pressing was either successful (Escape condition) or…
Descriptors: Arousal Patterns, Attribution Theory, College Students, Females
