Although Mallory has won a full scholarship to a prestigious art school, various art awards, and the admiration of everyone who has seen her artwork, she has decided not to study art because she has convinced herself that she is just not good enough to compete with "really talented" people. Mallory's thinking best exemplifies which cognitive distortion?
a) Minimization
b) Overgeneralization
c) Personalization
d) Selective abstraction
Answer: a) Minimization
Psychology
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focus on something other than appearances. use deductive reasoning to solve a problem. be unable to think backwards from a conclusion to the beginning. engage in centration when another solution is needed.
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List at least two aspects of the experiment that would be considered unethical according to today's standards and explain why
What will be an ideal response?
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