Valerie Is Doing Homework for Her Statistics Class

question 213

Multiple Choice

Valerie is doing homework for her statistics class. When she checks the answer she has just calculated for the problem she has been working on, she finds it is incorrect. She is frustrated and tells her roommate, "I don't know why I'm even trying, I'll never catch on in this course. I should just give up now." According to Albert Ellis, Valerie's statements reflect ​

• A)defensive coping.
• B)mental disengagement.
• C)catastrophic thinking.
• D)reality-based coping.

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