Gretta is in an abusive relationship with her boyfriend. Although leaving her boyfriend is an obvious way to end the abuse, Gretta has been in this situation for so long that she no longer feels she has any control over it. Gretta’s situation illustrates the concept of __________.

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Answer:

Learned helplessness                

Explanation:

Learned helplessness: In psychology, the term learned helplessness is defined as a mental condition or state that consists of organisms who are expelled to tolerate or bear painful, unpleasant, or aversive stimuli and becomes unable to ignore various subsequent encounters with those stimuli, the organism believes that the situation is not escapable even if it possible to escape.

In the question above, Gretta’s situation illustrates the concept of learned helplessness.