Types 1
Types 2
Distortion Examples
Bonus
100

Exaggerating or minimizing the importance of events.

What is Magnification and Minimization?

100

Making broad interpretations from a single or few events.

What is overgeneralization?

100

Your car starts to make an odd noise one morning on the way to campus. You immediately start thinking that there must be something seriously wrong with it, and fixing it will cost a fortune.

What is catastrophizing?

100

Mind reading and fortune telling are subsets of what type of cognitive distortion?

What is Jumping to Conclusions?

200

Interpreting the meaning of a situation with little or no evidence

What is jumping to conclusions?

200

Interpreting the thoughts and beliefs of others without adequate evidence.

What is mind reading?

200

"If only I had been a better friend, then he would be doing better."

What is Personalization?

200

What is another term for cognitive distortion?

What is irrational thoughts?

OR

What is faulty thinking?

300

The assumption that emotions reflect the way things really are. 

i.e. I feel like a failure therefore I must be a failure.

What is emotional reasoning?

300

The belief that one is responsible for events outside of their own control.

What is Personalization?

300

She complimented my outfit, she was only being nice.

What is disqualifying the positive?

OR

What is Minimization?

300

Catastrophizing is a subset of what kind of cognitive distortion?

What is Magnification and Minimization?

400

The belief that things should be a certain way.

What are should statements?

400

Recognizing only the negative aspects of a situation while ignoring the positive.


What is Disqualifying the Positive?

400

My partner never texts me first, they must not love me.

What is All-or-Nothing thinking?

400

What are the 4 main prompts to consider when challenging negative thinking?

What are Evidence, Helpfulness, Alternative perspectives, and Thinking biases?

500

Thinking in absolutes, such as "always", "never" or "every"

What is All-or-Nothing thinking?

500

The expectation that a situation will turn out badly without adequate evidence.

What is fortune telling?

500
"If I don't hit any red lights on the way to campus, I'll have a great day"

What is Magical Thinking?

500

What week of anxiety group is this?

What is week 5?