A study conducted by Lauren Alloy and Lyn Abramson (1979)to test the accuracy of mildly depressed and nondepressed students in estimating their degree of control revealed that in contrast to the mildly depressed students,the nondepressed students were more

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The study by Lauren Alloy and Lyn Abramson found that nondepressed students were more prone to overestimating their control over events, a phenomenon known as "illusion of control," which is a form of distorted judgment. Mildly depressed students, on the other hand, showed a more accurate assessment of their control, which contradicts the common belief that depression always leads to more negative or distorted thinking.

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