Suppose That Anandi Was Mugged at Gunpoint and That Is

question 15

Multiple Choice

Suppose that Anandi was mugged at gunpoint and that is was an extremely traumatic experience. Which of the following cognitive reactions is MOST likely to help her recover?

• A) "I should have never gone into that neighborhood alone, especially not with my fancy car. It's clear why this happened. I made myself an obvious target."
• B) "The event was totally random. It could have happened to anyone, at any time, in any place."
• C) "Why was I attacked? Why me? Why now? What did I do to deserve this?"
• D) "The world is just an unpredictable, dangerous place. I just need to accept that and move on."

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Definitions:

Tautology

A statement that is true by necessity or by virtue of its logical form, independent of the content of the proposition.

Negation

The operation that takes a proposition to its opposite in truth value, often denoted by "not."

Biconditional

A logical statement in which both parts imply each other; it is true when both parts have the same truth value.

Tautologies

Statements that are true in every possible interpretation because they affirm by their structure, such as "either it will rain today or it won't."