Mark is distressed because he received a "C" in his English class. Although he has "A's" in

all of his other subjects, Mark continues to focus on his one average grade and he is making
himself miserable.

According to Beck, Mark's emotional distress is due to ______.
a. overgeneralization c. selective abstraction
b. magnification d. absolutist thinking


C

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