Based on What You Know About Social Cognition and Depression,which

question 26

Multiple Choice

Based on what you know about social cognition and depression,which of the following statements is true?

• A)Life is the art of being well informed.
• B)Stable,specific,other-focused explanations for negative events are common in depressed people.
• C)Unstable,non-specific,self-focused explanations for negative events are common in depressed people.
• D)Depressed people have an external explanatory style.

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