Disqualifying the positive is a pattern recognized in cognitive therapy that treats positive events like they do not really count. All-or-nothing thinking fails to recognize there may be a middle ground. Characteristics include terms like always, forever, and never. Clients who take an isolated case and assume that all others are the same may be what?
A)Manic depressive
B)Over generalizing
C)Distinguishing the positives
D)Making assumptions

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Social workers who practice cognitive therapy learn to recognize 10 common patterns of faulty thinking, which are known as cognitive distortions. Disqualifying the positive and all-or-nothing thinking are the most common. Others include emotional reasoning, mental filtering, jumping to conclusions, magnification, and minimization. Blaming oneself for things that are out of individual's control is an example of personalization.

Disqualifying the Positive Is a Pattern Recognized in Cognitive Therapy