Which Research Finding Provides the Most Direct Support for Beck's

question 6

Multiple Choice

Which research finding provides the most direct support for Beck's cognitive theory of depression?

• A) Depressed women make even more errors in logic when interpreting a paragraph than do nondepressed women.
• B) Lack of social rewards is related to the downward spiral of depression.
• C) Both human infants and infant monkeys show depression-like symptoms when they are separated from their mothers.
• D) Depression is related to an imbalance of neurotransmitters in the brain.

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