ExperimentalTechniqueDisqualifyingthe PositiveExtreme Form ofOvergeneralizationDefineTermsAll orNothingThinkingIdentifytheDistortionRejectingthePositiveExaggerateor ShrinktheImportanceExaminetheEvidenceMagnificationorMinimizationDoubleStandardMethodAnticipatethat ThingsWill goPoorlyAssume aNegativeReactionto YouSemanticMethodBlack andWhiteThinking"Should"StatementsShadesof GreyAttempts toMotivateSelf, OftenResults inGuiltEmotionalReasoningRe-attributionFortunetellerErrorMindReading"I Feel it,Thereforeit Must beTrue"No Factsto SupportyourThoughtJudgingJumping toConclusionsOverGeneralizationMentalFilterSurveyMethodSingleNegativeEvent as aNever EndingPatternCostBenefitAnalysisDwell ona SingleDetailExperimentalTechniqueDisqualifyingthe PositiveExtreme Form ofOvergeneralizationDefineTermsAll orNothingThinkingIdentifytheDistortionRejectingthePositiveExaggerateor ShrinktheImportanceExaminetheEvidenceMagnificationorMinimizationDoubleStandardMethodAnticipatethat ThingsWill goPoorlyAssume aNegativeReactionto YouSemanticMethodBlack andWhiteThinking"Should"StatementsShadesof GreyAttempts toMotivateSelf, OftenResults inGuiltEmotionalReasoningRe-attributionFortunetellerErrorMindReading"I Feel it,Thereforeit Must beTrue"No Factsto SupportyourThoughtJudgingJumping toConclusionsOverGeneralizationMentalFilterSurveyMethodSingleNegativeEvent as aNever EndingPatternCostBenefitAnalysisDwell ona SingleDetail

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