An athlete, who is in fact well-prepared, nevertheless thinks just before a contest, "I cannot do this! I need to be perfect, an
d I know I'm going to fail!" The theorist who would focus on the athlete's illogical thinking process as a key factor in his subsequent poor performance MOST likely would support which model of abnormality? isolative
reactive
cognitive
None of the above
According to this model, the thoughts of the person refers the action of the person, i.e. , whatever is their in the person's mind determine the action he is doing, is referred to as Cognitive model of abnormality .
As if a person thinks very positively before performing any task , by motivating himself that " he is the best " , " he has worked very hard for it " , " he can very well perform the task " , these factors reflects in the task too , and he performs really well.
And vice versa,
If the person thinks very negative before his task , i.e. , the feeling of giving up the task , demotivating thoughts , just makes the situation worst and he ultimately loses the task .
Hence, from the given scenario of the question ,
The correct answer is - Cognitive model of abnormality .
