The Cognitive Approach to Explaining the Etiology of Depressive Disorders

Multiple Choice

The cognitive approach to explaining the etiology of depressive disorders maintains that people who are more likely to develop depressive disorders tend to do all of the following EXCEPT

A) attribute their setbacks to personal flaws instead of to situational factors.
B) ruminate about, or dwell on, their depression.
C) misinterpret harmless situations as threatening.
D) have a pessimistic explanatory style.