A labor and delivery nurse listens to a new mother relate thoughts regarding her healthy, 8-pound baby girl. Which statement by the mother indicates to the nurse the use of the cognitive error, selective abstraction?
A. "My baby is refusing to nurse, and I know it's because she hates me."
B. "My baby needs to be under the ‘bilirubin lights,' but I resent her time away from me."
C. "My baby is wonderful, but I'm depressed because I wanted twins."
D. "My baby has an elevated bilirubin, and I know it will get worse and she will die."
C
In selective abstraction the individual focuses attention on evidence that is viewed as a failure (not having twins) rather than any successes (a healthy baby) that have occurred.
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