A boy who had trouble making friends in a childhood summer camp and later feels unworthy to hang out with a new social group in high school is engaging in ________.

A) codependency tendencies
B) handicapping strategies
C) cognitive dissonance
D) cognitive distortions

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Diana Herrera · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : D, Explanation :  The boy's difficulty in making friends and his feeling of unworthiness suggest that he may be engaging in cognitive distortions, such as negative self-talk and magnification of his insecurities. He may be distorting his own self-perception and limiting himself from forming new relationships.

A boy who had trouble making friends in a childhood summer camp and later feels unworthy to hang out with a new social group in high school is engaging in ________.

A) codependency tendencies
B) handicapping strategies
C) cognitive dissonance
D) cognitive distortions

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A boy who had trouble making friends in a childhood summer camp and later feels unworthy to hang out with a new social group in high school is engaging in ________.A) codependency tendenciesB) handicapping strategiesC) cognitive dissonanceD) cognitive distortions

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A boy who had trouble making friends in a childhood summer camp and later feels unworthy to hang out with a new social group in high school is engaging in ________.

A) codependency tendencies
B) handicapping strategies
C) cognitive dissonance
D) cognitive distortions