If You Tend to Downplay or Ignore Compliments Given to You,and

question 30

Multiple Choice

If you tend to downplay or ignore compliments given to you,and this behavior is taken to the extreme,Beck might suggest that you are exhibiting the cognitive error of

• A) selective abstraction.
• B) minimization.
• C) graded exposure.
• D) safe emergency.

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Definitions:

Social Anxiety

A chronic mental health condition in which social interactions cause irrational anxiety, fear, self-consciousness, and embarrassment.

Peer Rejection

An ongoing interaction in which a child is deliberately excluded by peers.

Maladaptation

An adaptation that proves to be more harmful than beneficial, impeding the individual's ability to adjust properly to their environment.

Unpopularity

The state or condition of not being liked, admired, or supported by many people.