"Everything I touch I ruin. I am good at nothing. I am an utter failure." This person has failed to consider the successes in her life and all the good things that have happened to her. From Aaron Beck's perspective, this person's thinking best represents:
A. repression
B. sublimation
C. selective attention
D. neologism
Answer: C
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