Personalisation ("they did that on purpose to annoy me!"), catastrophising ("he could've killed me!"), overgeneralising ("the roads are full of terrible drivers!") and placing demands on reality ("people should be more careful!") are common examples of unhelpful thinking styles that can increase feelings of anger.
It's all too easy to fall into negative thinking styles like all-or-nothing thinking - if I've not done it perfectly, then it's absolutely useless; mental filtering - noticing my failures more than my successes; overgeneralising - nothing ever goes well in my life; and labelling - I'm a loser.
While there were errors due to "slips" and other uncertainties, the researchers identified four main development errors caused from "modelling," "prototyping," "overgeneralising," and "process-product linking." The researchers argue these types of errors "should be valued by learners and teachers alike" (p.