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, Candace is demonstrating a(n) _____ called _____.

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Candace is personalizing the complaint and assuming it is about her without any evidence to support that belief, indicating a negative cognitive bias of personalization. There is no indication that Candace is making arbitrary inferences or overgeneralizing, and there is no evidence of minimization in this situation.

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