A Student Has Just Received a Failing Grade on a Test

A student has just received a failing grade on a test. She goes to her counselor's office and rants, "My teacher hates me. She hates me. No matter what I do, she always finds a way to make my life miserable." In cognitive counseling terms, the student is exemplifying

A) an orienting mode energized to a minor mode.
B) a maladaptive intermediate thought.
C) modal rigidity.
D) modal flexibility.
E) use of the conscious control system.