Which of the following findings has emerged from the use of Kuiper et al.'s self-referent encoding task for depression?
A)Depressed individuals endorse more negative words but an equal amount of positive words compared to non-depressed individuals.
B)Depressed individuals endorse similar amounts of negative words, but many fewer positive words, than non-depressed individuals.
C)Depressed individuals endorse more negative words and fewer positive words than non-depressed individuals.
D)None of the above.

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Kuiper et al.'s self-referent encoding task has shown that depressed individuals tend to endorse more negative words and fewer positive words compared to non-depressed individuals. This finding is consistent with the cognitive theory of depression, which suggests that depressed individuals have a negative bias in their information processing.

Which of the Following Findings Has Emerged from the Use