Robert Post Found That, After an Initial Stressful Event Triggered

question 75

Multiple Choice

Robert Post found that, after an initial stressful event triggered a disorder such as depression, increasingly minor stressful events could trigger additional bouts of depression. This reasoning indicates that:

• A) some individuals learn how to be depressed.
• B) depression can have more than one underlying cause.
• C) some individuals become sensitized to stress and its associated physiological states.
• D) depression is a very common disorder.

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