Inanna suffers from chronic depression.According to the social-cognitive perspective,how is she most likely to respond when told that she performed very poorly on a test she took the previous day?

A) "I'm academically incompetent and always will be."
B) "Yesterday was just my unlucky day."
C) "I suspect that none of the students in my class did well on that test."
D) "Hardly any of the professors are effective teachers."

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Pooja Beniwal · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : A, Explanation :  Inanna's chronic depression is likely to make her interpret negative events, such as poor performance on a test, as evidence of her personal shortcomings. This negative self-talk, or cognitive distortion, is a hallmark of depression and would lead her to choose option A.

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