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bobbysung · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Severe events are clearly related to the onset of depression, but they do not provide a complete account of who will become depressed. Studies that examine factors that might explain which people are most likely to become depressed are seeking evidence fo

a. fragmentation.
b. vulnerability.
c. retrospective exposure.
d. prospective exposure.

Question 2

According to cognitive theories of depression, various types of cognitive errors, or distortions in thinking, are partly responsible for the disorder. Which of the following is one of the cognitive distortions mentioned in your textbook?

a. assigning specific, impersonal meaning to an experience of failure
b. a tendency to overgeneralize conclusions about the self based on positive experiences
c. a tendency to turn suspicion toward others toward the self
d. a tendency to recall selectively events with negative consequences