A student who has been doing very well in her psychology class receives a minor critical comment on an essay that she wrote as part of an exam. The student thinks, "This is terrible. I'm probably going to fail the course." This type of cognitive error in thinking is called
A. arbitrary inference.
B. overgeneralization.
C. pessimism
D. dissociating.
Answer: B
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a. remained unchanged b. emphasized racial/ethnic conflict c. lessened d. increased
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a. patients will have a better shot at creating new, more positive self-concepts b. patients will be forced to engage in more introspection c. patients will engage in more self-awareness d. patients will be less likely to experience the overjustification effect
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a. decentration b. reversible c. static d. transformational
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