TABLE 1-17-3 -Types of Cognitive Distortions

Arbitrary inference	Drawing a specific conclusion without sufficient evidence
Dichotomous thinking	A tendency to categorize experience as "all or none"
Overgeneralization	Forming and applying a general conclusion based on an isolated event
Magnification /minimization	Over- or undervaluing the significance of a particular event

Modified from Sadock BJ, Sadock VA. Comprehensive textbook of psychiatry. 7th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 1999.