Which of the Following Is an Example of Negative Self-Talk

question 19

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of negative self-talk?

• A)"I wonder why my boss wants to see me? I guess I'll just have to wait and see."
• B)"I'll have to start working on that next paper earlier."
• C)"I won the speech contest,but only because none of the other speakers was very good."
• D)"Too bad I missed that one problem through carelessness,but overall I did pretty well on this test."

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Definitions:

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Alan Greenspan

Former Chairman of the Federal Reserve of the United States, who served from 1987 to 2006 and played a key role in American monetary policy during that period.

Federal Reserve Bank

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Free Markets

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