After Jed was "dumped" by his girlfriend, he began thinking that women cannot be trusted. He promised never to let himself get involved with another woman again, because "she will leave
Me just like my last girlfriend did." His cognitive error is ______.
A) labeling and mislabeling
B) emotional reasoning
C) overgeneralization
D) mental filter

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Overgeneralization is the cognitive error in which a person takes a single negative event and generalizes it to all future situations. Jed's belief that all women cannot be trusted is an overgeneralization, as he is basing his belief on one negative experience.

After Jed Was "Dumped" by His Girlfriend, He Began Thinking