Laura feels like she needs to look like the models on television and magazines. This causes her a lot of stress and envy. This example is a fallacy of:
A) perfection
B) overgeneralization
C) helplessness
D) taking responsibility for others
E) Fear of catastrophic expectations

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Laura's belief that she needs to look like models on television and magazines, which causes her stress and envy, is an example of the fallacy of perfection. This fallacy involves setting unrealistically high standards for oneself and believing that anything less than perfect is unacceptable.

Laura Feels Like She Needs to Look Like the Models