Melissa has a tendency to categorize everything that happens to her as being either terrible or wonderful, with nothing in between. Melissa engages in which cognitive distortion?
a) Dichotomous thinking
b) Minimization
c) Personalization
d) Selective abstraction
Answer: a) Dichotomous thinking
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A. Mood disorders, which often accompany the diagnosis of bulimia nervosa B. Nutritional deficits, which are characteristic of bulimia nervosa C. Vomiting, which may lead to dehydration and electrolyte imbalance D. Binging, which causes abdominal discomfort
A specific proposition that logically follows from a theory is a (an)
a. induction b. hypothesis c. empirical generalization d. post hoc explanation e. model