"Should"StatementsExaggerateor ShrinktheImportanceDefineTermsAssume aNegativeReactionto YouSurveyMethodRe-attributionMindReadingJumping toConclusions"I Feel it,Thereforeit Must beTrue"SemanticMethodMentalFilterAnticipatethat ThingsWill goPoorlyExtreme Form ofOvergeneralizationJudgingCostBenefitAnalysisRejectingthePositiveSingleNegativeEvent as aNever EndingPatternDisqualifyingthe PositiveFortunetellerErrorDoubleStandardMethodBlack andWhiteThinkingOverGeneralizationExperimentalTechniqueExaminetheEvidenceIdentifytheDistortionAttempts toMotivateSelf, OftenResults inGuiltMagnificationorMinimizationEmotionalReasoningShadesof GreyNo Factsto SupportyourThoughtDwell ona SingleDetailAll orNothingThinking"Should"StatementsExaggerateor ShrinktheImportanceDefineTermsAssume aNegativeReactionto YouSurveyMethodRe-attributionMindReadingJumping toConclusions"I Feel it,Thereforeit Must beTrue"SemanticMethodMentalFilterAnticipatethat ThingsWill goPoorlyExtreme Form ofOvergeneralizationJudgingCostBenefitAnalysisRejectingthePositiveSingleNegativeEvent as aNever EndingPatternDisqualifyingthe PositiveFortunetellerErrorDoubleStandardMethodBlack andWhiteThinkingOverGeneralizationExperimentalTechniqueExaminetheEvidenceIdentifytheDistortionAttempts toMotivateSelf, OftenResults inGuiltMagnificationorMinimizationEmotionalReasoningShadesof GreyNo Factsto SupportyourThoughtDwell ona SingleDetailAll orNothingThinking

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. "Should" Statements
  2. Exaggerate or Shrink the Importance
  3. Define Terms
  4. Assume a Negative Reaction to You
  5. Survey Method
  6. Re-attribution
  7. Mind Reading
  8. Jumping to Conclusions
  9. "I Feel it, Therefore it Must be True"
  10. Semantic Method
  11. Mental Filter
  12. Anticipate that Things Will go Poorly
  13. Extreme Form of Overgeneralization
  14. Judging
  15. Cost Benefit Analysis
  16. Rejecting the Positive
  17. Single Negative Event as a Never Ending Pattern
  18. Disqualifying the Positive
  19. Fortuneteller Error
  20. Double Standard Method
  21. Black and White Thinking
  22. Over Generalization
  23. Experimental Technique
  24. Examine the Evidence
  25. Identify the Distortion
  26. Attempts to Motivate Self, Often Results in Guilt
  27. Magnification or Minimization
  28. Emotional Reasoning
  29. Shades of Grey
  30. No Facts to Support your Thought
  31. Dwell on a Single Detail
  32. All or Nothing Thinking