Define the common thought distortion known as mind reading and offer a fictional example that a client might bring to a clinical psychologist.

What will be an ideal response?


Mind reading involves presuming to know that others are thinking critically or disapprovingly, when knowing what they think is in fact impossible. Examples will vary.

Psychology

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Passive, effortless daydreaming would be a type of

a. proxemics. b. inductive thinking. c. experiential processing. d. reflective processing.

Psychology

Problem gamblers suffer from selective memory, attribution errors, and seeing luck as a trait, which are referred to as

a. unconscious conflicts. b. Gestalt illusions. c. cognitive distortions. d. shaping errors.

Psychology

Which feeling of belonging did O'Conner and Dyce demonstrate in their 1993 study of musical groups?

A. sense of identity B. meaningful information C. safety D. social support

Psychology

In Lady Macbeth, who washed her hands repeatedly until they were red and raw, Shakespeare provided an example of __________

a) major depressive disorder. b) generalized anxiety disorder. c) a specific phobia. d) obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Psychology