Miley is taking a pottery class. She tries to make a vase on the potter's wheel, but it keeps collapsing on her. "You see!" she says, "I can't do anything right! I'm a failure at everything!"

This type of thinking is a good example of the _______________ explanatory style that is often seen with depression.

FIll in the blank with correct word.


Answer: globalizing
Rationale: The three elements of the depressive explanatory style are internalizing, stabilizing, and globalizing. Globalizing refers to the tendency to believe that any failure or problem applies to everything, not just the current situation.

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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