selective abstraction

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[silek′tiv]

Etymology: L, seligere, to choose

a type of cognitive distortion in which focus on one aspect of an event negates all other aspects.

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No references found			5) At the end of Chapter VIII in Stephen Crane's The Blue Hotel we see the Naturalist's selective abstraction of what we would call pessimistic characteristics: "One viewed the existence of man then as a marvel, and conceded a glamour of wonder to these lice which were caused to cling to a whirling, fire smote, ice-locked, disease-stricken, space-lost bulb. Mark Twain's perceptual revision: using the structural differential ... by Maas, David F. / ETC.: A Review of General Semantics Korzybski would have us employ both consciousness of abstraction and consciousness of projection to neutralize the damaging effects of Selective Abstraction and Reverse Alchemy. General semantics formulations in David Burns' Feeling Good by Maas, David F. / ETC.: A Review of General Semantics			Segugio Italiano Seidlitz powder Seignette's salt seiki Seinfeld Syncope Seinfeld Syndrome seismotherapy Seitelberger's disease Seitz filter seize seizure seizure control seizure disorder seizure management seizure precautions seizure threshold Selachophobia selamectin Seldane SELECT selected vegetables selectins selection selective selective absorption selective abstraction selective amnesia selective angiography selective estrogen receptor modulator selective grinding selective IgA deficiency selective imidazoline receptor agonist selective immunoglobulin deficiency selective inattention selective inhibition Selective Intervention selective mutism selective neck dissection selective neuronal necrosis selective photothermolysis selective reduction selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors Selective serotonin uptake inhibitors selective stain selective termination of pregnancy selectively permeable selectivity selectivity coefficient selectivity, sensory Selector aspirator			Selection sort Selection Station Selection System for Computer Programmers Selection, Adverse Selection, Adverse Selection, Pre-qualification and Evaluation of Consultants Selection-Combining/Maximal Ratio Combining Selection/Distribution Unit selection/mutation balance selection/mutation balance selection/mutation balance selection/mutation balance selectional selectionism selectionist selections selections selections selections selections Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Baha Sélections Mondiales des Vins Selectiv mutism selective selective selective selective Selective abortion selective absorption selective absorption selective abstraction Selective Accelerated Salary Enhancement selective acidizing Selective Acknowledgment Selective AD Indicator Selective Address selective adsorbent Selective Aldosterone Receptor Antagonist Selective Alpha Air Monitor selective amnesia selective amnesia selective amnesia Selective Amyloid Lowering Agent Selective Androgen Receptor Modulator selective angiography selective angiography selective angiography Selective Aortic Arch Perfusion Selective Apoptotic Anti-Neoplastic Drug Selective Area Coating Selective Area Laser Deposition Selective Armament Subsystem selective arteriography selective arteriography selective arteriography Selective attention Selective attention Selective attention Selective attention Selective Attention Deficit Disorder Selective Attention for Identification Model

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