(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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Downplaying the importance of events.
Minimization
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The assumption that emotions reflect the way things really are.
Emotional reasoning
an example minimization
"what I did was no big deal."
Exaggerating the importance of events.
Magnification
The belief that one is responsible for events outside their own control.
Personalization
The expectation that a situation will turn out badly without adequate evidence.
Fortune-telling
Seeing only the worst possible outcomes of a situation.
Catastrophizing
Interpreting the thoughts and beliefs of others without adequate evidence.
Mind reading
an example of catastrophizing
"My dad isn't answering the phone. I bet he's been in an accident."
an example of magnification
“ This is the worst mistake ever.”
The belief that our choices will influence unrelated situations.
Magical thinking
an example of personalization
"I bet he said that just to make me mad."
an example of magical thinking
"I'm a good person, so bad things shouldn't happen to me."
an example of personalization
“My mom is always upset. She would be fine if I did more to help her.”
an example of a should statement
“I need to look cool in front of my classmates.”
example of emotional reasoning & overgeneralization
"I was awkward yesterday. I'm always so awkward!"
an example of mind reading
"I bet she hates me."
Thinking in extremes. It’s either all good or it’s all bad. Using words like “always” & “never”
All or nothing thinking
Making broad interpretations from a single or few events.
Overgeneralization
The belief that things ought to be a certain way. Pressure we put on ourselves.
Should statements
Recognizing only the negative aspects of the situation while ignoring the positive.
Disqualifying the positive
an example of fortune telling
“ I just know I’m not going to make the team.”
an example of overgeneralization
"All people who____ are____."
an example of emotional reasoning.
“I feel like a bad friend, therefore I must be a bad friend.”
