Ramon is taking a final exam. When he reaches the first question to which he does not know
the answer.
He begins worrying that he will miss the other questions too, which will result in
his failing the test, which will result in his failing the class, which will result in his flunking
out of school, which will abruptly terminate his future career as a lawyer. His cognitive error
is ______.
a. magnification c. disqualifying the positive
b. mental filter d. overgeneralization
Question 2
Lois has an intense fear of being overweight. Although she talks a lot about food, she hardly
eats at all.
She also has a distorted body image in which she sees herself as fat despite the
fact that her physician says she is 20 underweight for her height, age, and bone structure.
She exercises excessively and still rigidly and obsessively diets despite being 15 pounds
lighter than her original dieting goal. She is suffering from ______.
a. binge-eating/purging anorexia nervosa c. bulimia nervosa
b. restrictive anorexia nervosa d. binge-eating disorder