A student who has been doing very well in her psychology class receives a minor critical comment on an essay that she wrote as part of an exam. The student thinks, "This is terrible. I'm probably going to fail the course." This type of cognitive error in thinking is called

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The student's thought of failing the course based on a single critical comment is an example of overgeneralization, which is a cognitive error in thinking that involves drawing broad conclusions based on limited evidence or a single negative experience. Arbitrary inference involves drawing conclusions without evidence, pessimism involves expecting the worst outcome, and dissociating involves disconnecting oneself from reality or one's emotions.

A Student Who Has Been Doing Very Well in Her