Which of the Following Would NOT Support the Cognitive Specificity

question 10

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would NOT support the cognitive specificity hypothesis?

• A) Persons who share certain disorders seem inclined to employ similar cognitive distortions.
• B) Persons with depression often have a negative attributional style.
• C) Persons prone to depression often interpret negative events as occurring because of internal, global, and stable factors.
• D) Normal and abnormal behaviors are triggered by cognitive interpretation of events, rather than by the events themselves.

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Definitions:

Birth of Psychology

The historical commencement of psychology as a distinct scientific discipline, marked by Wilhelm Wundt establishing the first experimental psychology lab in 1879.

1879 in Germany

Marks the year when Wilhelm Wundt founded the first laboratory dedicated to experimental psychology, marking the birth of psychology as a distinct scientific discipline.

Wilhelm Wundt

Often referred to as the father of modern psychology, he established the first psychology laboratory in Leipzig, Germany, in 1879.

Stimulus-Response Associations

The connection formed between a stimulus and a natural or learned reaction.