Jason Cannot Stop Thinking About the Fact That, Because He

question 139

Multiple Choice

Jason cannot stop thinking about the fact that, because he turned in his term paper late, he missed getting an A in the class. He repetitively focuses on this negative part of the class; in other words, his counterfactual thinking has turned into __________.

• A) thought suppression
• B) rumination
• C) heuristics
• D) controlled thinking

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