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26 cze 2024 · Study with Quizlet and memorize flashcards containing terms like Arbitrary inferences, Dichotomous thinking, Labeling and mislabeling and more.
Study with Quizlet and memorize flashcards containing terms like arbitrary inference, selective abstraction, personalization and more.
Study with Quizlet and memorize flashcards containing terms like arbitrary inference, selective abstraction, magnification or minimization and more.
The Arbitrary Inference information handout forms part of the cognitive distortions series, designed to help clients and therapists to work more effectively with common thinking biases.
Arbitrary inference is a classic tenet of cognitive therapy created by Aaron T. Beck in 1979. [1] He defines the act of making an arbitrary inference as the process of drawing a conclusion without sufficient evidence, or without any evidence at all.
Clinically, the most widely known aspect of cognitive bias are the cognitive distortions (unhelpful thinking styles) identified by Beck, examples of which include arbitrary inference, over-generalization, and dichotomous thinking (Beck, 1963).
Social cognitive inferences are typically varieties of diagnostic reasoning or, more properly, “abductive” reasoning, in which people infer simple but plausible—although not deductively certain—underlying causes for observable social behaviors.
