Angela has never been a great student, but once she gets into college, it is even harder. She tries reading the book, and does poorly. Her instructor encourages her to outline the text as she reads, but she still does poorly. She goes to tutoring, but still is failing. No matter what she does, it does not seem to help her do better in class. Based on this experience, Angela may develop the
cognitive risk factor for depression known as
a. an unstable attributional pattern.
b. learned helplessness.
c. the negative cognitive triad.
d. cognitive distortion.
b
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a) preventing substance abuse b) reconnecting patients with their friends c) obtaining affordable long-term residential treatment d) protecting communities from free-standing mental health hospitals
A group of neurons in the lumbar region of the rat spinal cord projects to the posterior intralaminar thalamus which may be involved in the pleasurable experience of orgasm. These neurons are known as:
a. lumbar spinothalamic cells. b. sacral spinothalamic cells. c. lumbar spinotectal cells. d. lumbar spinoreticular cells.