A form of arbitrary inference that occurs when someone attributes external events to oneself without sufficient evidence, such as when a comment about a movie star’s weight is taken to mean “She thinks I’m fat.” This is the definition of a cognitive distortion called:

A. Mislabeling
B. Personalization
C. Magnification
D. Over-generalization


ANS: B

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