Charles Was Rejected by His Long-Time Girlfriend

question 434

Multiple Choice

Charles was rejected by his long-time girlfriend. He has decided that no other woman will love him, that his co-workers and the people who say they are his friends must also dislike him, too. Charles has let his rejection by his girlfriend "color" his perceptions of other areas in his life. Beck referred to this as

• A)all-or-nothing thinking.
• B)overgeneralization.
• C)selective perception.
• D)personification.

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