According to Seligman's Model of Learned Helplessness, People with Depression

question 238

Multiple Choice

According to Seligman's model of learned helplessness, people with depression are prone to making attributions about failure that are

• A) internal, specific, and unstable.
• B) internal, global, and unstable.
• C) internal, global, and stable.
• D) external, specific, and unstable.

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