The Work of Alloy and Abramson in Studying How Depressives

question 75

Multiple Choice

The work of Alloy and Abramson in studying how depressives view the extent of their personal control over events provides evidence of the phenomenon known as

• A)optimistic well-being.
• B)pessimistic exaggeration.
• C)depressive realism.
• D)learned helplessness.

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