According to David Burns, a depressed individual who is dismissive of congratulations for a job well done and thinks, "Oh, it's no big deal. Anyone could have done it" is engaging in the cognitive distortion of __________.
A. overgeneralization
B. emotional reasoning
C. disqualifying the positive
D. labeling and mislabeling
Answer: C
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