Seligman's Learned Helplessness Model Suggests That Our Attributions About Events

question 16

Multiple Choice

Seligman's learned helplessness model suggests that our attributions about events are associated with our risk of depression. For someone who is prone to depression, which of the following is a likely attribution about a bad grade on a test?

• A) The teacher hates me.
• B) I should study more next time.
• C) I'll never understand this stuff.
• D) The test was totally unfair.

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