Psychopathology

• Selective abstraction

  Drawing conclusions from one part of many parts of a situation
• Personalisation


  Blame yourself for a situation not under personal control
• Arbitrary inference


  Drawing conclusions from little or no evidence
• Magnification

  Blowing things out of proportion
• Minimisation


  Reducing the importance of positive emotions, events and thoughts
• Overgeneralisation


  Making sweeping conclusions based on a single event