JUMPING TOCONCLUSIONSOVERGENERALIZATIONANTICIPATETHINGSWILL TURNOUT BADLYNEGATIVEINTERPRETATIONWITHOUTDEFINITE FACTSARBITRARILYCONCLUDESOMEBODY ISREACTINGNEGATIVELYTO YOUDISQUALIFYINGTHE POSITIVEEMOTIONALREASONINGALL ORNOTHINGTHINKINGLABELING"SHOULD"STATEMENTSMISLABELINGMINDREADINGMENTALFILTERINAPPROPRIATELYSHRINK THINGSUNTIL THEYAPPEAR TINYMUSTS/OUGHTSASSUMENEGATIVEEMOTIONSARE FACTCATASTROPHIZINGMAGNIFICATION/MINIMIZATIONEXAGERATETHEIMPORTANCEOF THINGSPERSONALIZATIONTHEFORTUNETELLERERRORBLACK ANDWHITECATEGORIESANTICIPATETHINGSWILL TURNOUT BADLYSINGLENEGATIVEEVENTVERSUSPATTERNJUMPING TOCONCLUSIONSOVERGENERALIZATIONANTICIPATETHINGSWILL TURNOUT BADLYNEGATIVEINTERPRETATIONWITHOUTDEFINITE FACTSARBITRARILYCONCLUDESOMEBODY ISREACTINGNEGATIVELYTO YOUDISQUALIFYINGTHE POSITIVEEMOTIONALREASONINGALL ORNOTHINGTHINKINGLABELING"SHOULD"STATEMENTSMISLABELINGMINDREADINGMENTALFILTERINAPPROPRIATELYSHRINK THINGSUNTIL THEYAPPEAR TINYMUSTS/OUGHTSASSUMENEGATIVEEMOTIONSARE FACTCATASTROPHIZINGMAGNIFICATION/MINIMIZATIONEXAGERATETHEIMPORTANCEOF THINGSPERSONALIZATIONTHEFORTUNETELLERERRORBLACK ANDWHITECATEGORIESANTICIPATETHINGSWILL TURNOUT BADLYSINGLENEGATIVEEVENTVERSUSPATTERN

COGNITIVE DISTORTIONS - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. JUMPING TO CONCLUSIONS
  2. OVERGENERALIZATION
  3. ANTICIPATE THINGS WILL TURN OUT BADLY
  4. NEGATIVE INTERPRETATION WITHOUT DEFINITE FACTS
  5. ARBITRARILY CONCLUDE SOMEBODY IS REACTING NEGATIVELY TO YOU
  6. DISQUALIFYING THE POSITIVE
  7. EMOTIONAL REASONING
  8. ALL OR NOTHING THINKING
  9. LABELING
  10. "SHOULD" STATEMENTS
  11. MISLABELING
  12. MIND READING
  13. MENTAL FILTER
  14. INAPPROPRIATELY SHRINK THINGS UNTIL THEY APPEAR TINY
  15. MUSTS/OUGHTS
  16. ASSUME NEGATIVE EMOTIONS ARE FACT
  17. CATASTROPHIZING
  18. MAGNIFICATION/MINIMIZATION
  19. EXAGERATE THE IMPORTANCE OF THINGS
  20. PERSONALIZATION
  21. THE FORTUNETELLER ERROR
  22. BLACK AND WHITE CATEGORIES
  23. ANTICIPATE THINGS WILL TURN OUT BADLY
  24. SINGLE NEGATIVE EVENT VERSUS PATTERN