Melissa has a tendency to categorize everything that happens to her as being either terrible or wonderful, with nothing in between. Melissa engages in which cognitive distortion?
a) Dichotomous thinking
b) Minimization
c) Personalization
d) Selective abstraction
Answer: a) Dichotomous thinking
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a. both the left and right visual cortex. b. only the right visual cortex. c. only the left visual cortex. d. only half of the right visual cortex and half of the left visual cortex.
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a. feigned scarcity b. lowball technique c. foot-in-the-door technique d. reciprocity norm
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a. hears a blip c. reads a book b. views a signal d. hears a blip or views a signal
During a break from his job as a waiter, Bernardo begins to read Hamlet, and is so engrossed in the play that he fails to notice the clattering of dishes all around him. This is an example of _______________
a. feature detection b. absolute threshold c. sensory deprivation d. selective attention