Thinking Errors
"He always does things wrong"
What is "Black and White Thinking"
"It was my fault that something bad happened to him; if I hadn't thought about that, none of that would have happened"
What is "Magical Thinking"
A coworker of yours spilt coffee on your dress by accident; however, you believe that they did this on purpose.
What is "Personalisation"
"swift, evaluative statements or images that tend to be shorthand and “pop out of nowhere.”
What is Automatic Processing
"This meeting is going to end in disaster"
What is Catastrophising
John keeps beating himself up because of his social performance, but does not account for the growth and work he has done
What is Disqualifying the Positive
"Now everyone thinks I'm an idiot"
What is Magnification
This is how we store and categorize information into our belief system
What is Schema
"I should be helpful to them always"
What is "Should/Must" statements
"I know he hates me"
What is Mind Reading
You believe that you will not get the job based on your belief that how you introduced yourself influenced the interview
What is Jumping to Conclusion
Automatic Thought, Conscious Thinking, Metacogntion are _____
What are forms of cognitive processing
"I always end up losing, why try anyways?"
What is "Black or white thinking"
"Their divorce was my fault"
What is Personalisation?
Your family keeps ridiculing you and humiliating you to the point you think you are "shameful"
What is emotional reasoning
A theory that proposes that our emotions and behaviours are outcomes of our perceptions of situations.
What is Cognitive-Behavioural Theory
"I made a complete fool out of myself in front of my partner"
"I feel like a failure; therefore, I must be a failure"
What is Emotional Reasoning
You avoid going to a social event because you think it will make you look like a fool.
What is Catastrophising; What is Personalisation
This type of thinking involves our ability to think about our thought process.
What is Metacognition