People who are exposed repeatedly to unpleasant events over which they have no control may become passively resigned to those outcomes. This is called __________

A) avoidance learning.
B) learned helplessness.
C) extinction.
D) cognitive dissonance.

Learned Helplessness

A condition in which a person suffers from a sense of powerlessness, arising from a traumatic event or persistent failure to succeed.

Passive Resignation

A behavioral response where an individual accepts a situation or outcome without attempting to change it, often seen as a coping mechanism in psychology.