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Fallacy Mental Filter (also called Selective Abstraction)
Definition and Examples You pay undue attention to one negative detail instead of seeing the whole picture (eg "I got high ratings on my performance evaluation, but my supervisor said I had to work on one thing. I think I might et fired soon.").

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