Imagine That, on the Way to Class One Day, You

question 29

Essay

Imagine that, on the way to class one day, you get into a car accident. You are okay, but your car and the car of the other driver are seriously damaged. (i) Give an example of an internal, stable, global attribution you might make for this event. (ii) Give an example of an internal, unstable, specific attribution you might make. (iii) Give an example of an external, stable, global attribution you might make. (iv) Which of these attribution styles has been linked to vulnerability to major depressive disorder?

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Definitions:

Working Memory

A mental system that has a restricted capacity, tasked with momentarily maintaining information for processing.

Long-Term Memory

The phase or type of memory responsible for the storage of information over extended periods of time.

Sensory Memory

The briefest memory phase that enables people to maintain sensory information impressions even after the initial stimuli are no longer present.

Working Memory

The part of short-term memory that is concerned with immediate, conscious perceptual and linguistic processing.