Black and white thinking is the tendency to see things in extremes. Things are either all bad or all good. This type of thinking can affect your relationships, career, and even your health.

Black and white thinking is a thought pattern that makes people think in absolutes. For instance, you may think you are either always right or the world’s biggest failure.

We’ve all succumbed to black-and-white thinking at some point in our lives. Whether consciously or not, we've seen a situation as good or bad, right or wrong, happy or sad. And in doing so, we ...

BLACK-AND-WHITE THINKING IS often a learned habit that’s influenced by a mental health condition, trauma, or other factors, Dr. Patel-Dunn says. Westend61 // Getty Images ...

A brouhaha broke out recently when it was revealed that TED treated a talk on color blindness by Coleman Hughes (who is black, if that matters), with surprising levels of hostility. Mr. Hughes and ...

Hughes argued in favor of color-blind thinking; this offended some staff at TED, resulting in delays, unusual scrutiny, and alleged failure to promote Mr. Hughes’ video.