When Stu Does Poorly on One Exam, He Feels He

question 70

Multiple Choice

When Stu does poorly on one exam, he feels he will never succeed academically. When he does well on any given exam, Stu has no doubt that he will always succeed at all things academic. There never seems to be any middle ground in between. The type of cognitive distortion MOST demonstrated by Stu is:

• A) mental filtering.
• B) all-or-none thinking.
• C) personalization.
• D) catastrophizing.

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Definitions:

Aromatic Ring

A cyclic (ring-shaped), planar (flat) molecule with a ring of resonance bonds that gives it stability and unique chemical properties, commonly found in benzene.

M-Xylene

An aromatic hydrocarbon with two methyl groups attached to a benzene ring at the meta positions.

Relative Integrations

A concept in spectroscopy referring to the comparative measurement of signal areas to determine the ratio of different types of protons or other nuclei in a molecule.

Nuclear Spin States

The quantum mechanical states related to the intrinsic angular momentum (spin) of nuclei, which can influence the magnetic properties and behavior of atoms in a magnetic field.