The work of Lauren Alloy and Lyn Abramson (1979) examined how depressed individuals tend to make accurate rather than self-serving judgments, attributions, and predictions. This phenomenon is known as:
A. pessimistic exaggeration.
B. depressive optimism.
C. defensive pessimism.
D. depressive realism.
Answer: D
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