A nursing assistant has failed a prerequisite course toward admission to nursing school and states, "I will always be only a nursing assistant and never an RN". Her nursing advisor understands this is an example of which automatic thought?
A. Arbitrary inference
B. Overgeneralization
C. Dichotomous thinking
D. Personalization
B
Overgeneralization occurs when sweeping conclusions are made on the basis of one incident. Because the student failed a prerequisite nursing course, the student overgeneralizes that the goal of being an RN will never be attained.
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