Dewayne gets a text message from his girlfriend saying that she will have to work overtime tonight. Dewayne immediately assumes his girlfriend is seeing someone else at work. Beck would say that Dewayne has engaged in what type of distorted thinking?

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Dewayne has made an arbitrary inference by jumping to a conclusion without evidence. He assumes his girlfriend is seeing someone else based on her working overtime, which is a leap without factual support.

Dewayne Gets a Text Message from His Girlfriend Saying That