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Thinking in polar opposites
What is Black and White thinking?
"It's not my fault I tested positive, it must have been..."
What is excuse making?
This was the worst day ever.
What is overgeneralizing?
Feeling as though you are being treated unfairly because your coworker received a promotion over you.
What is Fallacy of Fairness?
CBT stands for this
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?
Presumes that one knows the thoughts, feelings, intentions, motivations, or other internal processes of another person
What is Mindreading?
Two types of lying
What is lying by omission and commission?
Omission: half-truths
Commission: full lie
Your friend stood you up for plans that you made and now all you can think of are things that make them a bad friend.
What is global labeling?
If I had just done it then there wouldn't be an issue.
What is fallacy of control (internal).
What are thoughts, feelings, and behaviors?
Predicting that events will turn out badly
What is Fortune Telling?
What is discounting the positive?
I wouldn't have hurt him, if I hadn't been hurt myself.
What is victim stance?
If I work hard enough, then all of my sacrifices will be rewarded.
What is heaven's reward fallacy?
What does CBT hope to help you do to your thoughts?
Expecting disaster to strike
What is catastrophizing?
When you see yourself as the cause of some negative external event which in fact you were not primarily responsible for.
What is personalization?
What is blaming?
It's okay to use on vacations, celebrations or family gatherings.
What is justifying?
Universal or absolute terms
What is "always", "everyone", "no one", "never", "every time"
I try to make my actions look less wrong by comparing it to something worse.
What is minimizing?
Unrealistic expectations and an inflexible set of rules.
What is the shoulds?
Believing that everything will work out if we want it enough; "I'm too good to get caught".
What is magical thinking?
At work I am a professional worker, at church I am an upstanding citizen, at home I am reserved, with friends I am reckless, What am I?
What is fragmented personality; A chameleon.
What are the 3 factors make up the Cognitive Model?
What are automatic thoughts, feelings, and behaviors?