Dana made an A on a test, was asked on a date by a guy in class,
and was complimented by several people on her class presentation, but then she lost her psychology notes and searched the library and the cafeteria before she remembered that she left them at home. When her mother asked how her day went, Dana wailed that it was just awful and related only the part of her day when her psychology notes were lost. According to Aaron Beck, Dana exhibited
a. all-or-nothing thinking.
b. selective perception.
c. overgeneralization.
d. personification.
ANSWER: b
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a. true b. false
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