The self-defeating pattern of attributions exhibited by many depressed individuals can successfully be treated by therapies that encourage people to ________
A) blame themselves for all negative outcomes and to avoid taking credit for successful outcomes and to avoid
B) take credit for significant others' accomplishments and to blame themselves for negative outcomes
C) examine the roots of their depression that can be found in their repressed urges, inner conflicts or traumatic childhood events
D) view some successes and failures as due to external factors that they can control to some extent
E) take credit for successful outcomes and to avoid blaming themselves for all negative outcomes
Answer: E
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