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You receive a good grade on a creative project, but tell yourself that it doesn't really count, the professor is just being nice, it wasn't that good, and anyone could have done as well.
a) Disqualifying the Positive
b) Should/Must Thinking
c) Overgeneralizing
a) Disqualifying the Positive
"I feel so inferior to everyone here at TYWLS. I'm a second-rate person"
a) Personalization
b) Emotional Reasoning
c) All or Nothing Thinking
b) Emotional Reasoning
Instead of examining or learning from a mistake you made, you think to yourself a "I'm a failure"
a) Mental Filter
b) Disqualifying the Positive
c) Labelling [of oneself]
c) Labelling [of oneself]
You look in the mirror and think "I should not have had that slice of pizza. I must lose weight in order to be attractive"
a) Labelling
b) Should/Must Thinking
c) All or Nothing Thinking
b) Should/Must Thinking
After a young woman on a diet ate a spoonful of ice cream, she told herself, “I’ve blown my diet completely.” This thought upset her so much that she gobbled down an entire quart of ice cream, figuring she already blew it.
a) All or Nothing Thinking
b) Overgeneralizing
c) Emotional Reasoning
You were recently assigned an important project at your school that you were excited to work on. However, despite no evidence suggesting this, you've been telling yourself, “They all already think I’m dumb. I just know I will make a mistake and ruin this entire project.”
a) Catastrophizing
b) Mental Filter
c) Jumping to Conclusions
c) Jumping to Conclusions
You receive many positive comments from classmates about your presentation, but one of them says something mildly critical. You obsess over the critical reaction for days
a) Mental Filtering
b) Labelling
c) All or Nothing Thinking
a) Mental Filtering
You fail an exam and immediately think you have likely failed the entire course.
a) All or Nothing Thinking
b) Catastrophizing
c) Personalization
You had one bad roommate experience and believe all future roommate experiences will be just as bad.
a) Should/Must Thinking
b) Jumping to Conclusions
c) Overgeneralization
c) Overgeneralization
A girl's boyfriend cheats on her and she tells herself, "If only I was a better girlfriend, he wouldn't have cheated"
a) Labelling
b) Personalization
c) Emotional Reasoning
b) Personalization
Your roommate forgot to take out the trash twice— without considering to understand any context around why— you decide they're lazy and unclean.
a) Disqualifying the Positive
b) Labelling
c) All or Nothing Thinking
b) Labelling [of others]
Your teacher happily highlights and commends all parts of your art project, but points out a minor mistake you made in comparison to the rubric. You spend time obsessing over the one thing you did wrong
a) Mental Filter
b) All or Nothing Thinking
c) Overgeneralizing
a) Mental Filter