Mind Traps
Name three mind traps
Name three cognitive distortions
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What is a thinking error?
A faulty, irrational pattern of thinking that can cause mental and emotional difficulties.
What does it mean to have receptivity?
Being open and responsive to ideas, impressions, and suggestions.
What is the Spotlight Effect?
The belief that everyone is looking at you and ONLY YOU.
What is fortune telling?
Having the expectation that a situation will turn out badly without enough evidence.
True or false:
Thinking errors and cognitive distortions go hand in hand.
True
What does it mean to have a lack of self-disclosure?
People relay minimal information about themselves to others.
What is the Confirmation Bias? Give an example.
We have existing beliefs. When we are searching for new information we tend to mold and shape the new information found to fit our already existing beliefs.
What is mind reading? Give an example.
Interpreting the thoughts and beliefs of others without enough evidence. For example: "she ignored me, she must hate me."
What does it mean to interpret "Feelings as Facts"
I believe it, so it's true.
What does lack of self-criticism mean?
An inability to point out the faults in your own behavior and thinking.
The following is an example of which mind trap?
"I spent five years of my life in this relationship! I can't break up with them now."
a. The Sunk-Cost Fallacy
b. Hindsight Bias
c. Confirmation Bias
a. The Sunk-Cost Fallacy
What cognitive distortion is the following statement an example of?
"I got an A on the exam but it doesn't mean i'm smart, i'm sure a lot of people got an A."
a. catastrophizing
b. magical thinking
c. magnification/minimization
c. magnification/minimization
Which thinking error is this:
You score three goals during your soccer game, but all you can think about is the one you missed.
a. blowing things up
b. ignoring the good
c. feelings as facts
b. ignoring the good
Which closed thinking style is the following quote:
“I didn’t do anything wrong.”
a. lack of disclosure
b. lack of receptivity
c. lack of self criticism
c. lack of self criticism
The following is an example of which mind trap?
"My horoscope is so accurate! It said that I will have a strange encounter this month and I did."
a. Barnum effect
b. gambler's fallacy
c. Availability Bias
a. Barnum effect
What cognitive distortion is the following statement an example of?
"Every time I try to hang out with my friends, something comes up! I will never be able to hang out with my friends!"
a. "should" statements
b. overgeneralization
c. all-or-nothing thinking
d. b & c
d. b & c (overgeneralization AND all-or-nothing thinking)
Which thinking error is this:
"My boss was sad today, I probably did something to upset her."
a. self-blaming
b. setting the bar too high
c. "should" statements
a. self-blaming
Which closed thinking style is the following quote:
“That’s none of your business. No comment.”
a. lack of disclosure
b. lack of receptivity
c. lack of self criticism
a. lack of disclosure