Valerie 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 even try.I'll never catch on in this course.I should just give up now." What would Albert Ellis say that Valerie is engaged in

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The statement "I'll never catch on in this course. I should just give up now" indicates catastrophic thinking, which is a cognitive distortion where a person may have a tendency to magnify negative events and outcomes and perceive them as unbearable, catastrophic, and uncontrollable. Albert Ellis, a well-known psychologist, would identify and work with such thinking patterns as part of cognitive behavioral therapy.

Valerie Is Doing Homework for Her Statistics Class