OvergeneralizingMinimizationBlack-and-WhiteThinkingDiscountingthe PositiveFallacyofFairnessAlwaysBeingRightRationalizingFilteringCharacterizationBias"Should"StatementsFailure toConsiderAlternateExplanationsBlamingHindsightBiasMindReadingAll-or-NothingThinkingPersonalizationEmotionalReasoningJumping toConclusionsFortuneTellingHeaven'sRewardMagicalThinkingCatastrophizingExpectingOthers toChangeMagnificationOvergeneralizingMinimizationBlack-and-WhiteThinkingDiscountingthe PositiveFallacyofFairnessAlwaysBeingRightRationalizingFilteringCharacterizationBias"Should"StatementsFailure toConsiderAlternateExplanationsBlamingHindsightBiasMindReadingAll-or-NothingThinkingPersonalizationEmotionalReasoningJumping toConclusionsFortuneTellingHeaven'sRewardMagicalThinkingCatastrophizingExpectingOthers toChangeMagnification

Cognitive Distortions Bingo - 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. Overgeneralizing
  2. Minimization
  3. Black-and-White Thinking
  4. Discounting the Positive
  5. Fallacy of Fairness
  6. Always Being Right
  7. Rationalizing
  8. Filtering
  9. Characterization Bias
  10. "Should" Statements
  11. Failure to Consider Alternate Explanations
  12. Blaming
  13. Hindsight Bias
  14. Mind Reading
  15. All-or-Nothing Thinking
  16. Personalization
  17. Emotional Reasoning
  18. Jumping to Conclusions
  19. Fortune Telling
  20. Heaven's Reward
  21. Magical Thinking
  22. Catastrophizing
  23. Expecting Others to Change
  24. Magnification