Attempts toMotivateSelf, OftenResults inGuiltMentalFilterShadesof GreyEmotionalReasoningBlack andWhiteThinkingRe-attributionDisqualifyingthe PositiveMagnificationorMinimization"I Feel it,Thereforeit Must beTrue"Judging"Should"StatementsIdentifytheDistortionSurveyMethodDwell ona SingleDetailSemanticMethodSingleNegativeEvent as aNever EndingPatternExperimentalTechniqueAssume aNegativeReactionto YouExtreme Form ofOvergeneralizationAll orNothingThinkingNo Factsto SupportyourThoughtMindReadingExaminetheEvidenceDoubleStandardMethodOverGeneralizationAnticipatethat ThingsWill goPoorlyExaggerateor ShrinktheImportanceRejectingthePositiveDefineTermsFortunetellerErrorCostBenefitAnalysisJumping toConclusionsAttempts toMotivateSelf, OftenResults inGuiltMentalFilterShadesof GreyEmotionalReasoningBlack andWhiteThinkingRe-attributionDisqualifyingthe PositiveMagnificationorMinimization"I Feel it,Thereforeit Must beTrue"Judging"Should"StatementsIdentifytheDistortionSurveyMethodDwell ona SingleDetailSemanticMethodSingleNegativeEvent as aNever EndingPatternExperimentalTechniqueAssume aNegativeReactionto YouExtreme Form ofOvergeneralizationAll orNothingThinkingNo Factsto SupportyourThoughtMindReadingExaminetheEvidenceDoubleStandardMethodOverGeneralizationAnticipatethat ThingsWill goPoorlyExaggerateor ShrinktheImportanceRejectingthePositiveDefineTermsFortunetellerErrorCostBenefitAnalysisJumping toConclusions

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