Anna Believes That If She Does Not Perform Perfectly in All

question 205

Multiple Choice

Anna believes that if she does not perform perfectly in all her courses that her family and friends will not love her anymore, while Ricky stays angry because life is not the way he wants it to be and feels that he is constantly being treated unfairly by everyone he meets.These two people are exhibiting the core ideas that underlie

• A) irrational beliefs.
• B) unconscious drives.
• C) the loss of meaningfulness.
• D) learned helplessness.

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