In Beck’s list of faults in information processing, what is meant by the term arbitrary inference?

a. Drawing a specific conclusion in the absence of supporting evidence or in the presence of contrary evidence.
b. Focusing on a detail taken out of context, ignoring other meaningful features of the situation, and labeling the whole experience on the basis of a fragment.
c. Drawing a general conclusion on the basis of one or more isolated incidents and applying the concept across the board to related and unrelated situations.
d. Errors in evaluating the significance or magnitude of an event.
e. A tendency to relate external events to yourself when there is no basis for making such a connection.


Answer: a

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