Your Friend Has Applied to Several Medical Schools

question 227

Multiple Choice

Your friend has applied to several medical schools. After receiving one rejection letter, she concludes that she will not be admitted to any school and feels depressed. Your friend is engaging in __________

• A) arbitrary inference.
• B) overgeneralization.
• C) minimization.
• D) selective thinking.

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Definitions:

"Wait to Fail"

An approach where intervention is delayed until a clear failure is evident, often criticized for not offering support early enough to those who struggle.

IEP

Individualized Education Program, a plan or program developed to ensure that a child who has a disability identified under the law and is attending an elementary or secondary educational institution receives specialized instruction and related services.

Desmosomes

Structures that function as cell junctions, providing adhesion and mechanical strength to tissues by linking adjacent cells together.

Stratum Spinosum

Layer of many-sided cells in the epidermis with intercellular connections (desmosomes) that give the cells a spiny appearance.