When giving a class presentation on self-concept, a student nurse notices that a classmate has fallen asleep
The student nurse immediately decides that the presentation must be boring and that she will fail this assignment and subsequently obtain a poor grade in the course. This is an example of
a. selective attention.
b. negative self-talk.
c. self-fulfilling prophecy.
d. negative feedback.
ANS: B
Self-talk is a cognitive process people can use to lessen cognitive distortions. When the thought carries a negative value, it can affect the individual as though the thought represented the whole truth about the person. Selective attention occurs when a person hears only parts of a message. In this situation, it could become a self-fulfilling prophecy if her performance does in fact suffer. Negative feedback could occur if the instructor told the student the presentation was boring.
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