Stan Frequently Engages in Thinking and Interpreting in All-Or-Nothing Terms

question 35

Multiple Choice

Stan frequently engages in thinking and interpreting in all-or-nothing terms.Through this process of dichotomous thinking,Stan has self-defeating labels and boxes that keep him restricted.This is an example of which form of cognitive distortion?

• A)arbitrary inferences
• B)overgeneralization
• C)personalization
• D)labeling and mislabeling
• E)polarized thinking

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