Which Statement Is True About Depression According to the Research

question 27

Multiple Choice

Which statement is true about depression according to the research reviewed in the critical reading exercise on whether emotion makes people less rational?

• A) Depression impairs a person's ability to think rationally and has been identified as leading to increases in negative emotions, such as anger and anxiety.
• B) Depression can impair the ability to think rationally, but depressed participants have been shown to perform significantly faster on a deductive reasoning task.
• C) Depression almost always impairs reasoning, while happiness improves reasoning.
• D) Depression is the best example of how an emotion impairs reasoning because among the various negative emotions, it is the one that shows the most negative effects.

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