Question

Lana is late for dinner with her parents. They don’t care, but she thinks this is a catastrophe—an inaccurate view of the situation that leads her to feel bad about herself. In this example, what represents the cognitive distortion?
A. Lana being late for dinner with her parents
B. Lana feeling bad about herself
C. Lana thinking that being late for dinner is a catastrophe
D. Lana’s parents not caring that she is late for dinner

Answer 1

Answer:

C. Lana thinking that being late for dinner is a catastrophe

Explanation:

In this example, what represents the cognitive distortion is that Lana thinking that being late for dinner is a catastrophe. Basically if we look to the cognitive distortions, these are the ways that our brain persuades us regarding something that is not generally valid, which means that our brain is convincing about something which is not ture.