People Who Are Depressed Usually Do Not Accept the Possibility

question 81

Multiple Choice

People who are depressed usually do not accept the possibility that good things can happen to them, or that they have control over good things happening to them. When good things do happen to depressed people, they dismiss, discount, or ignore them. This is an example of:

• A)the overestimation effect.
• B)the belief-bias effect.
• C)the fallacy of positive instances.
• D)confirmation bias.

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