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Black-and-white thinking

GCSE Psychology · key term

Black-and-white thinking

Definition

Viewing outcomes in absolute categories, such as complete success or total failure, without recognising possibilities in between.

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OCR GCSE Psychology · J203

Paper 1

Black-and-white thinking: seeing only complete success or total failure, with no middle ground.
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