Ravi receives a routine message saying that a library book is two days overdue. He thinks, ‘The library will ban me permanently, so I will be unable to finish my course.’
Which statement correctly describes Ravi's thought?
It is the activating event (A), because it describes what the library will do.
It is the consequence (C), because it follows Ravi reading the message.
It is catastrophising, because it treats a small problem as leading to the worst outcome.
It is a rational belief, because a ban is one possible result of a late book.
144 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Psychology 3.2 Theories/Explanations, covering 3.2.1 Clinical characteristics of schizophrenia, 3.2.2 Key statistics of schizophrenia, 3.2.3 Dopamine hypothesis of schizophrenia, 3.2.4 Brain structure and function in schizophrenia; criticisms, 3.2.5 Social drift theory of schizophrenia, 3.2.6 Schizophrenia research study: Daniel et al. (1991), 3.2.7 Clinical characteristics of clinical depression, 3.2.8 Key statistics of clinical depression, 3.2.9 Social rank theory of clinical depression, 3.2.10 ABC Model of clinical depression, and 3.2.11 Clinical Depression research study: Tandoc et al. (2015). Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.