Question

Rebecca does not trust babysitters.She bases this distrust on an isolated news report about a babysitter who mistreated several children many years ago.After hearing this news report,she concluded that "that's what babysitters do" and since that time has not hired a babysitter to care for her child.Rebecca's thinking exemplifies which of the cognitive distortions?
A) Personalization
B) Dichotomous thinking
C) Minimization
D) Overgeneralization

Answer 1

Answer:

Option D overgeneralization

Explanation: this can be defined cognitive distortion which therefore leads to some distinct,known and significant errors in the way we think and sometimes act and also shows the tendency to lead or cause us emotional pain which are highly unnecessary.if we draw a bad,faulty or negative conclusion about something, an idea of an event based on just one erroneous idea, view, happening or an event, it can cause use emotional and even psycological pain.

When we do overgeneralize also, every negative experience from your own point of view becomes an happening that is a part of an unavoidable sequence of mistakes or wrong in your life.