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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A client-defined sense of spirituality: a. is not very important in therapy. b. can be a significant avenue for connecting with the client and can be an ally in the therapeutic changeprocess
c. can create difficulty in the client's therapeutic process. d. is more important if the therapist shares a similar definition.
Brian Cook, the young male offender who was released on parole from the state juvenile
corrections center, was serving out a sentence for A) Auto theft B) Burglary C) Armed robbery D) Selling illicit drugs
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a) Minutes b) Written reports c) Oral reports d) Executive summaries