An athlete, who is in fact well-prepared, nevertheless thinks just before a contest, "I cannot do this! I need to be perfect, and 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

cognitive

Explanation:

Cognitive model of abnormality -

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 .

The answer is cognitive. hope this helped