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TIL of 'learned helplessness', behavior exhibited by a subject after enduring repeated aversive stimuli beyond their control. It is caused by the subject's acceptance of powerlessness: discontinuing attempts to escape/avoid the aversive stimulus, even when alternatives are unambiguously presented.

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