Sarah leaves a store after not making a purchase and thinks, "The clerk barely looked at me. She really hates me." Which of the following cognitive distortions is she displaying by this thought process?

a) personalizing
b) catastrophizing
c) mental filtering
d) jumping to conclusions

Ans: d) jumping to conclusions

Psychology

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