AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -A: Negative thinking makes you feel blue about the world, about yourself, about the future. It contributes to low self-worth. It makes you feel you’re not effective in the world. Psychologists link negative thinking to depression, anxiety, chronic worry and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

Detailed explanation-2: -The study found that a habit of prolonged negative thinking diminishes your brain’s ability to think, reason, and form memories. Essentially draining your brain’s resources. Another study reported in the journal American Academy of Neurology found that cynical thinking also produces a greater dementia risk.

Detailed explanation-3: -According to Mayo Clinic, there are four main ones to be exact: personalizing, filtering, catastrophizing, and polarizing.

Detailed explanation-4: -The cognitive model suggests that dysfunctional assumptions predispose socially anxious individuals to appraise social situations in a negative light. These beliefs are addressed directly throughout the course of therapy to incorporate new information gathered from behavioral experiments and other interventions.