Please listen to the following recording about the experiment of learnt helplessness, and try to provide the missing words. What is learnt helplessness? Well, in India, when elephant trainers catch a baby elephant, they tie its legs with a rope to a 1) _________. And this baby elephant will 2) __________ for days trying to break free. And it 3) ____________ gives up when it learns it's useless. When it grows up, these trainers keep it tied using the same rope. And even though it's now strong enough to 4) _____________ and escape, the elephant stands around waiting for the trainers because it's learnt that it's 5) ___________. This elephant has developed what's known as learnt helplessness. And this is the fact that despite having the power to 6) _________________, it's learnt to feel helpless instead because of the past. It was 7) ____________ by a scientist in the 1960s who would do the same thing by shocking dogs, highly unethical of course. But does this have to do with us? Well, in your life, you may have experienced a 8) ____________ and learnt that there is just no way to overcome it. Maybe it's not the case, maybe that's just the story you've told yourself. Just think about it, if the 9) __________ person does poorly on a test, they'll say that the professor was 10) ____________ marker, whereas a clinically-depressed person will 11)______________________________________________________. In both cases, the moment you gave up, you've learnt to be helpless of the situation. So in what ways has learnt helplessness affected you?