Which psychologist is credited with conceptualizing those who suffer from depression as having a negative cognitive style that leads to inappropriate assumptions and generalizations, all of which tend to reinforce a person's symptoms of depression?

a. Martin Seligman
b. Aaron Beck Ellis
c. Alfred Adler
d. Albert Ellis


Answer: B

Psychology

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