SurveyMethodDisqualifyingthe PositiveFortunetellerErrorRe-attributionAttempts toMotivateSelf, OftenResults inGuiltDoubleStandardMethodNo Factsto SupportyourThoughtExperimentalTechniqueSingleNegativeEvent as aNever EndingPatternCostBenefitAnalysisBlack andWhiteThinkingEmotionalReasoningIdentifytheDistortionDwell ona SingleDetailMagnificationorMinimizationRejectingthePositiveExtreme Form ofOvergeneralizationMindReadingJudgingAnticipatethat ThingsWill goPoorlyMentalFilterSemanticMethodShadesof GreyExaminetheEvidence"I Feel it,Thereforeit Must beTrue"OverGeneralizationAssume aNegativeReactionto YouJumping toConclusions"Should"StatementsAll orNothingThinkingExaggerateor ShrinktheImportanceDefineTermsSurveyMethodDisqualifyingthe PositiveFortunetellerErrorRe-attributionAttempts toMotivateSelf, OftenResults inGuiltDoubleStandardMethodNo Factsto SupportyourThoughtExperimentalTechniqueSingleNegativeEvent as aNever EndingPatternCostBenefitAnalysisBlack andWhiteThinkingEmotionalReasoningIdentifytheDistortionDwell ona SingleDetailMagnificationorMinimizationRejectingthePositiveExtreme Form ofOvergeneralizationMindReadingJudgingAnticipatethat ThingsWill goPoorlyMentalFilterSemanticMethodShadesof GreyExaminetheEvidence"I Feel it,Thereforeit Must beTrue"OverGeneralizationAssume aNegativeReactionto YouJumping toConclusions"Should"StatementsAll orNothingThinkingExaggerateor ShrinktheImportanceDefineTerms

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