Anne was turned down for a scholarship that she applied for,and because of that news she decided that she wouldn't bother finishing her degree.If she wasn't a good enough student to get a scholarship,then she was likely to do poorly in the rest of her classes and would be wasting her time and money on more years of school.What would Albert Ellis call this type of thinking

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This type of thinking is called catastrophic thinking, which involves drawing extreme and negative conclusions from a single event. Anne's belief that she would do poorly in the rest of her classes and would be wasting her time and money are examples of catastrophic thinking.

Anne Was Turned Down for a Scholarship That She Applied