Coming back to his apartment building one evening, Pete saw that firefighters were rushing in to put out a fire. Even though there were seventy-four other apartments in the building, he immediately assumed that the fire must have started in his apartment through his negligence. Pete's thinking is characterized by which cognitive distortion?
a) Dichotomous thinking
b) Magnification
c) Overgeneralization
d) Personalization
Answer: d) Personalization
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