Amy is having a small party in her apartment
Her next door neighbor asks her if she could turn down the music because she has to get up and work tomorrow. Amy tells her friends that "the old woman next door is such a pain that I'm going to turn the music up even louder." According to REBT, Amy
a. has a central trait of vindictiveness.
b. has an unrealistic belief that her next door neighbor is thoroughly bad and should be punished.
c. is exhibiting an oral aggressive personality due to "being spoiled" as a child.
d. is exhibiting a transference of feelings from her overcontrolling mother to her next door neighbor.
ANSWER: b
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