Regarding depression, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Life stresses trigger many mood disorders, especially for people who have personality traits and thinking patterns that make them more vulnerable to depression.
b. Although psychological causes are important in many cases of depression, biological factors seem to play a larger role for the more severe (major) mood disorders.
c. Psychoanalytic theory holds that negative, distorted, or self-defeating thoughts underlie depression.
d. Behavioral theories view depression as being caused by learned helplessness.
ANSWER: c
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