The Cognitive Approach to Explaining the Etiology of Anxiety Disorders

question 191

Multiple Choice

The cognitive approach to explaining the etiology of anxiety disorders maintains that people who are more likely to develop anxiety disorders tend to do all of the following EXCEPT

• A) focus excessive attention on perceived threats.
• B) have a pessimistic explanatory style.
• C) selectively recall information that seems threatening.
• D) misinterpret harmless situations as threatening.

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