Exaggerateor ShrinktheImportanceDoubleStandardMethodDwell ona SingleDetailEmotionalReasoningFortunetellerErrorAll orNothingThinkingMentalFilterMagnificationorMinimizationExaminetheEvidenceDefineTermsShadesof GreyAssume aNegativeReactionto YouAnticipatethat ThingsWill goPoorlyNo Factsto SupportyourThoughtSingleNegativeEvent as aNever EndingPatternOverGeneralizationJudgingExperimentalTechnique"Should"StatementsExtreme Form ofOvergeneralizationIdentifytheDistortionSemanticMethodMindReadingRejectingthePositiveSurveyMethodRe-attributionBlack andWhiteThinkingCostBenefitAnalysisAttempts toMotivateSelf, OftenResults inGuiltJumping toConclusionsDisqualifyingthe Positive"I Feel it,Thereforeit Must beTrue"Exaggerateor ShrinktheImportanceDoubleStandardMethodDwell ona SingleDetailEmotionalReasoningFortunetellerErrorAll orNothingThinkingMentalFilterMagnificationorMinimizationExaminetheEvidenceDefineTermsShadesof GreyAssume aNegativeReactionto YouAnticipatethat ThingsWill goPoorlyNo Factsto SupportyourThoughtSingleNegativeEvent as aNever EndingPatternOverGeneralizationJudgingExperimentalTechnique"Should"StatementsExtreme Form ofOvergeneralizationIdentifytheDistortionSemanticMethodMindReadingRejectingthePositiveSurveyMethodRe-attributionBlack andWhiteThinkingCostBenefitAnalysisAttempts toMotivateSelf, OftenResults inGuiltJumping toConclusionsDisqualifyingthe Positive"I Feel it,Thereforeit Must beTrue"

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