Amanda's therapist suggests that her depression results from mistakenly blaming herself rather than a slumping economy for her recent job loss. Her therapist's suggestion best illustrates a:

Social-cognitive perspective

Explanation:

The social cognitive process in all about perceptions which impact individuals' decisions and convictions in themselves, including the objectives they decide to seek after and the exertion they put into them. To what extent they're willing to endure even with deterrents and misfortunes, and the results they anticipate. Subsequently, self-adequacy is a trait of social-cognitive process that impacts one's inspirations to perform different activities and one's faith in their capacity to do as such.