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I Personalization Behaving Negatively Plausible Explanations Behavior Dinner

Fallacy Personalization

Definition and Examples You believe others are behaving negatively because of you, without considering more plausible explanations for their behavior (eg "They can't have dinner with me tomorrow. I must have said something offensive last time I saw them." "Everyone is looking at me, judging me when I'm walking. When people look at me without smiling at work.").

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