<span>Jose is afraid of asking her out: he is focusing on the negative, not positive aspects ( so not "positive self-talk), and he is lacking self-confidence. Instead he is having negative thoughts, and convincing himself that the bad situation will happen - this means it's a negative self-talk - answer D</span>
José who is afraid to ask Tina on a date because he fears she will say no is experiencing negative self-talk. Correct answer: D
Self-talk denotes the inner dialogue we have with ourselves. Negative self-talk is an inner critic which limits us and our possibilities. The fact the Jose fears and thinks of the negative outcome of the situation means that he ahs a negative attitude and a negative self-talk.
The information is not complete and the way she designed her study is not only valid but also not useful findings.
She did not take any normal control to check the status of normal mice along with subject mice or tested mice. Along with this she did not mention the results in details only said about the weight loss and hormone disturbances.