Cathy scored 80% on her psychology test.Although the professor explained that it was a very difficult test and that 75% would count as a grade of A,Cathy goes home feeling like a failure.Cathy is using a type of faulty thinking called:

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Cathy is using absolutistic thinking by setting an unrealistic expectation for herself to get a perfect score on a very difficult test. She is perceiving herself as a failure despite getting a score that is higher than the required score for an A.

Cathy Scored 80% on Her Psychology Test