Théorie des distorsions cognitives : la sur-généralisation et l'étiquetage

In a previous article (Franceschi, 2007 [1]), we introduced some elements aimed at contributing to a general theory of cognitive distortions. Based on the reference class, the duality and the system of taxa, these elements allow the definition of the general cognitive distortions as well as the specific cognitive distortions. This model is extended here to the description of two other classical cognitive distortions: over-generalisation and mislabelling. The definition of the latter two cognitive distortions is based on prior differentiation between three levels of reasoning: primary, secondary and ternary pathogenic arguments. The latter analysis also leads to the definition of two other cognitive distortions that insert themselves into this framework: ill-grounded inductive projection and confirmation bias.