Candace overhears a classmate complaining that some students have such huge egos that they completely dominate class discussions and make it impossible for other students to voice their opinions or even ask a question. Candace walks away in tears, convinced that the classmate is talking about her. According to Beck's cognitive therapy (CT), Candace is demonstrating a(n) _____ called _____.

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Candace is demonstrating a negative cognitive bias called personalization, where she is incorrectly assuming that the classmate's complaints are specifically about her without any direct evidence. This is a common cognitive distortion identified in cognitive therapy (CT) where individuals attribute external events to themselves without justification.

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