Tracy Passes by a Popular Donut Store on Her Way

Multiple Choice

Tracy passes by a popular donut store on her way to work every day and is gripped with a revulsion as she says, out loud, "Donuts are SO bad!" This kind of black-or-white thinking is a thought pattern at the level of the person that often occurs in those with eating disorders, and it is called ________.

A) selective abstraction
B) dichotomous thinking
C) catastrophizing
D) minimizing