Anissa Has Just Lost Her Job

question 57

Multiple Choice

Anissa has just lost her job. Which attributional pattern would most strongly suggest that Anissa is at risk for depression?

• A) I lost my job because I am not smart enough to compete in the workforce, and everywhere I go everyone can see this about me.
• B) I lost my job because the economy has been so bad, and everywhere I go this seems to be true.
• C) I lost my job because I have had a hard time managing everything while I had to take care of my aging mother who died in the last month.
• D) I lost my job because my boss is a real jerk who has never liked me from the start.

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Definitions:

Labor

The human effort, including physical and mental capabilities, used in the production of goods and services.

Capital

Financial assets or the financial value of assets, such as funds held in deposit accounts and/or the physical factories, machinery, and equipment used to produce goods or services.

Pareto Optimal

A state of allocation of resources in which it is impossible to make any individual or preference criterion better off without making at least one individual or criterion worse off.

Marginal Rates

The additional cost or benefit gained from a small or marginal change in production, consumption, or investment.