Asked by Christian Cunningham on Jun 24, 2024

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A young woman believes that everything negative that happens to her is her own fault, that she ruins everything, and that she always will. The therapist diagnoses her as suffering from a learned helplessness-induced depression because she attributes negative events in her life to:

A) internal, global, stable factors.
B) internal specific, stable factors.
C) internal, global, unstable factors.
D) internal, specific, unstable factors.

Learned Helplessness-induced Depression

A state of depression that arises from experiencing uncontrollable events, leading to a belief in one's inability to affect outcomes.

Internal

Pertains to something occurring or situated within a part or inside something else, often referring to processes or features not immediately apparent from the outside.

Global

Pertaining to the entire world or relating to a comprehensive and international scale.

  • Identify the concept of learned helplessness and its connection to depression.
  • Differentiate between the attributions and perspectives that contribute to depressive and manic states.
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Nitin SharmaJun 26, 2024
Final Answer :
A
Explanation :
The young woman's belief that everything negative is her own fault (internal), that she ruins everything (global), and that she always will (stable) aligns with the characteristics of attributions related to learned helplessness-induced depression. These attributions are internal (believing the causes are within oneself), global (believing the causes will affect many areas of life), and stable (believing the causes will persist over time).