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| Arbitrary inference (def) |
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| drawing a conclusion about an event with no evidence, little evidence, or even contradictory evidence |
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| I'm not going to do well in this course. I have a bad feeling about it |
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| Arbitrary inference (def) |
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| the staff at this agency seemt o have a different practice approach than mine. They aren't going to respect my work |
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| selective abstraction (def) |
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| judging a situation on the basis of one or a few details taken out of a broader context |
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| selective abstraction (ex) |
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| did you see how our supervisor yamned when i was describing my assessment of the client? He must think my work is superficial |
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| concluding that an event is far more significant than the evidence seems to indicate |
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| I got a B on the first assignment. There is a good chance I could fail this course |
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| concluding that an event is far less significant than the evidence seems to indicate |
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| i don't eally need to go to work on time every day. My clients don't seem to mind waiting and the administrative meeting isn't relevant to my work |
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| concluding that all instances of a certain kind of situation or event will turn out a particular way because one or two such situations did |
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| my supervisor thinks that my depressed client dropped out becuase i was too confrontational. I don't have enough empathy to be a social worker |
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| attributing the cause of or accepting responsibility for, an external event without evidence of a connection |
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| the instructor didn't say this, but out group presentation got a mediocre evaluation because of my poor delivery |
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| dichotomous thinking (def) |
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| categorizing experiences at one of two extremes: complete success or utter failure |
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| dichotomous thinking (ex) |
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| I didn't get an A on my final exam! I blew it! I'm not competent to move to the next course! |
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| dichotomous thinking (Ex) |
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| I got an A on the mid-term. I can oast the rest of the wya through this course. |
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