As the Football Season Approaches, the Threat of a Player

question 132

Multiple Choice

As the football season approaches, the threat of a player strike would give

• A) both players and management an incentive to bargain seriously.
• B) only the players an incentive to bargain seriously.
• C) only management an incentive to bargain seriously.
• D) neither party much incentive to bargain seriously.

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Definitions:

Irrational Conclusions

Beliefs or judgments not based on rational analysis or evidence, often leading to negative thinking patterns.

Awfulizing

The cognitive distortion involving the exaggeration of the negativity of an event or situation.

Always-and-never Thinking

A cognitive distortion characterized by seeing things in black-and-white categories without middle ground.

Negative Self-talk

The practice of making critical or detrimental comments to oneself, often undermining one’s own self-esteem or confidence.