An individual who routinely predicts that something bad is about to happen even when there is no evidence to support this thinking is engaging in a type of cognitive distortion identified by David Burns as __________.

A. mind reading
B. fortune telling
C. overgeneralizing
D. weather forecasting


Answer: B

Psychology

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a. fMRI; PET b. PET; EEG c. MEG; fMRI d. EEG; MEG

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a. REM c. Stage 3 b. Stage 2 d. Stage 4

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