Question

A therapist tells Roxanne that she is depressed because she attributes her failures to her own incompetence rather than appropriately focusing blame on her parents and teachers for the unreasonable demands they place on her. The therapist's interpretation most clearly reflects a ________ perspective.

A. Biological
B. Learning
C. Social-Cognitive
D. Psychodynamic

Answer 1

The therapist's interpretation most clearly reflects a C. Social-Cognitive perspective.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Social-Cognitive Theory centers on the idea that an individual's learning process develops through interactions with others and with his/her environment, through observation and modeling, amongst others.

In this case the therapist is guiding Roxanne into understanding that her feelings are not from something within herself, but rather by the unreasonable demands her social context is doing.