When Someone "Jumps to Conclusions," Beck Would Say That He

question 34

Multiple Choice

When someone "jumps to conclusions," Beck would say that he or she is suffering from a distortion in thought called ________.

• A) selective thinking
• B) arbitrary inference
• C) overgeneralization
• D) personalization

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Definitions:

Sample Mean Difference

The difference between the average values from two samples, used in hypothesis testing to compare two groups.

Equal-variances Test

A statistical test used to determine if two populations have the same variance.

Degrees of Freedom

The count of unique values or quantities that can be allocated to a statistical distribution or a system while still adhering to given constraints.

Normal Populations

A population distribution that follows a normal (Gaussian) curve, where most observations cluster around the mean, and probabilities for values can be calculated using the curve.