Melissa has a tendency to categorize everything that happens to her as being either terrible or wonderful,with nothing in between.Melissa engages in which cognitive distortion?
A) Dichotomous thinking
B) Minimization
C) Personalization
D) Selective abstraction

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Dichotomous thinking is the tendency to see things in black and white, and to categorize events or experiences as either all good or all bad, with no shades of gray in between. This is also known as "all-or-nothing" thinking, and it is a common cognitive distortion in which people tend to ignore nuances or complexities in their perceptions of reality. Melissa's tendency to categorize everything as either terrible or wonderful suggests that she is engaging in this type of distorted thinking.

Melissa Has a Tendency to Categorize Everything That Happens to Her