The Cognitive Approach to Explaining the Etiology of Depressive Disorders

question 45

Multiple Choice

The cognitive approach to explaining the etiology of depressive disorders maintains that there are certain cognitive tendencies among people who are more likely to develop depressive disorders.Which of the following is NOT one of those tendencies

• A) attributing setbacks to personal flaws instead of to situational factors 
• B) misinterpreting harmless situations as threatening 
• C) having a pessimistic explanatory style 
• D) ruminating about, or dwelling on, their depression

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