Cognitive Explanations of Mood Disorder - Dysfunctional Thinking - Types of negative thinking

Arbitrary Inference

Drawing negative conclusions about oneself with insufficient/no evidence E.G it rained on my birthday so i must be useless

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Selective Perception

Focusing on negative aspects of a situation and ignoring positive ones E.G My team won, but I let two goals in

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Overgeneralisation

Believing that one negative event means everything is negative E.G I am a complete failure because I failed a class test

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Magnification and Minimalisation

Tending to magnify failure and minimise success E.G I am hideous and ugly because I have a spot or have only passed the test because it was easy

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Absolutist Thinking

Believing everything must be perfect for a positive outcome E.G I got an A* in GCSE but only an A in French so i am a failure

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Focusing on negative aspects of a situation and ignoring positive ones E.G My team won, but I let two goals in

Selective Perception

Believing that one negative event means everything is negative E.G I am a complete failure because I failed a class test

Tending to magnify failure and minimise success E.G I am hideous and ugly because I have a spot or have only passed the test because it was easy

Believing everything must be perfect for a positive outcome E.G I got an A* in GCSE but only an A in French so i am a failure

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