Choose the Appropriate Letter or Letters to Identify the Pattern

Multiple Choice

Choose the appropriate letter or letters to identify the pattern or patterns in each reading. If you want to reduce the anxiety caused by negative thinking, you should try cognitive therapy, which involves three general steps.Start by paying close attention to how you respond to bad news.For example, if you make a mistake at work, is your first thought, "I'll be fired"? Step two follows closely upon the heels of step one.Once you recognize the pattern of your reactions, see if you can identify errors in your thought process.For example, do you tend to ignore any more positive alternatives and focus instead on the most disastrous ones? After you have studied and analyzed your automatic responses, you can move on to the third step: changing the underlying beliefs that produce anxiety.For instance, if you realize that you have no self-confidence, start identifying those areas where you have had success.As soon as you start to think about failure, call up a successful event and tell yourself that you have succeeded before and will succeed again.In this way, you will change your opinion of yourself and thereby eliminate your automatic and negative reactions.At this point, you will be able to deal more productively with problems and setbacks.

A) definition
B) classification
C) time order: process
D) time order: sequence of dates and events
E) comparison and contrast
F) cause and effect
G) simple listing