Sarah was working at the office when her boss approached her asking her to meet with them in their office later that afternoon. After she finished speaking with her boss, Sarah began worrying about her upcoming meeting, thinking "he's going to fire me." This led to her heart racing and an inability to do any other work for the rest of the day. She would just keep on envisioning what would happen in the meeting. She ended up leaving the office early, out of fear about what would happen to her in that meeting. Imagine you are a cognitive theorist and you want to identify the ABCs that occurred in that event. Please do the following: Identify the A (Activating event) Identify the B (Belief) AS WELL AS the cognitive distortion that occurred; and lastly Identify the C (Consequences).
Sarah was working at the office when her boss approached her asking her to meet with them in their office later that afternoon. After she finished speaking with her boss, Sarah began worrying about her upcoming meeting, thinking "he's going to fire me." This led to her heart racing and an inability to do any other work for the rest of the day. She would just keep on envisioning what would happen in the meeting. She ended up leaving the office early, out of fear about what would happen to her in that meeting.
Imagine you are a cognitive theorist and you want to identify the ABCs that occurred in that event. Please do the following:
Identify the A (Activating event)
Identify the B (Belief) AS WELL AS the cognitive distortion that occurred; and lastly
Identify the C (Consequences).
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