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Peer reviewedMaier, Steven F. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 1977
In his comment, Black (AA 526 155) argued that Maier and Seligman (EJ 138 911) incorrectly interpreted competing motor response explanations of the learned helplessness effect. Here, it is argued that no article that has proposed a competing motor response explanation of the learned helplessness effect has alluded to a mechanism similar to the one…
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Critical Thinking, Experimental Psychology, Hypothesis Testing
Peer reviewedBlack, Abraham H. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 1977
Comments on Maier and Seligman's research (EJ 138 911) on learned helplessness, specifically on their analysis of alternatives to the learned helplessness hypothesis. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Critical Thinking, Experimental Psychology, Hypothesis Testing
