EP PSYCHOLOGY-MYLAB
EP PSYCHOLOGY-MYLAB
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ISBN: 9780137852352
Author: Ciccarelli
Publisher: SAVVAS L
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Chapter 14, Problem 10TY
Summary Introduction

Introduction:

Anxiety is defined as the general word used to describe several disorders which lead to nervousness, fear, and apprehension and worrying. Such disorders may affect a person’s feeling and behavior and can cause physical symptoms.

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Answer to Problem 10TY

Correct answer:

The cognitive-behavioral psychologist classifies distorted thought process as all-or-nothing thinking. Therefore, option c. is correct.

Option c. is given as “all-or-nothing thinking”.

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Reasons for the correct statement:

Cognitive-behavioral psychologists identify anxiety as related to another distorted thought process called all-or-nothing thinking. It is a type of anxiety disorder in which a person thinks that its performance is either perfect or total failure.

Hence, option c. is correct.

Reasons for the incorrect statements:

Option a. is given as “magnification”.

Magnification is a type of disorder which involves tendency of a person to interpret situations which is more dangerous, harmful or important than the actual situation. Hence, it is a wrong answer.

Option b. is given as “overgeneralization”.

It is a type of disorder which involves a tendency of a person to interpret a single negative event in the form of never ending pattern of defeat and failure. Hence, it is a wrong answer.

Option d. is given as “minimization”.

Minimization involves distortion of thinking in which a person imagines a negative event out of proportion to its importance and ignores relevant positive events. Hence, it is a wrong answer.

Hence, options a., b., and d. are incorrect.

Conclusion

All-or-nothing thinking is a type of type of anxiety disorder in which a person thinks that its performance is either perfect or total failure.

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