If a student focuses on one mediocre grade and ignores all of her other grades which are higher, a cognitive therapist would assert that her emotional distress is due to ______.

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Selective abstraction is the cognitive distortion in which a person focuses on one negative aspect of a situation while ignoring all of the other positive aspects. In this case, the student is focusing on one mediocre grade and ignoring all of her other higher grades, which is causing her emotional distress.

If a Student Focuses on One Mediocre Grade and Ignores