Beryl is doing homework for her statistics class.When she checks the answer she has just calculated for the problem she has been working on, she finds it is incorrect.She is frustrated and tells her roommate, "I don't know why I'm even trying, I'll never catch on in this course.I should just give up now." Beryl's statements reflect:

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Beryl's statements reflect catastrophizing, which is a cognitive distortion that involves blowing things out of proportion and imagining the worst possible outcomes. She is catastrophizing her ability to succeed in the statistics course based on one incorrect answer. Type A thinking refers to a personality type characterized by competitiveness and a sense of urgency, burnout is a state of emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion, and general adaptation syndrome refers to the body's physiological response to stress.

Beryl Is Doing Homework for Her Statistics Class