Stan acquired his beliefs on the basis of a single incident and applied them inappropriately and broadly in many contexts of his life.This is an example of which form of cognitive distortion?

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Overgeneralization is a cognitive distortion where a person takes one incident or piece of evidence and applies it broadly to many different situations or contexts. This is what is happening with Stan - he is applying his beliefs based on one incident to many different areas of his life.

Stan Acquired His Beliefs on the Basis of a Single