Coming back to his apartment building one evening,Pete saw that firefighters were rushing in to put out a fire.Even though there were seventy-four other apartments in the building,he immediately assumed that the fire must have started in his apartment through his negligence.Pete's thinking is characterized by which cognitive distortion?
A) Dichotomous thinking
B) Magnification
C) Overgeneralization
D) Personalization

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Pete is assuming that the fire started in his apartment due to his own negligence, despite there being no evidence to support this belief. This is an example of personalization, where an individual takes responsibility for events that are outside of their control.

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