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12 Common Thinking Errors

Authored by Emily Marquis

Life Skills

6th Grade

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12  Common Thinking Errors
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Thinking with your feelings.

personalization

emotional reasoning

minimization

emotional justification

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A belief that our choices will influence unrelated events.

mind reading

catastrophizing

magical thinking

emotional reasoning

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Interpreting the thoughts or beliefs of others without adequate evidence.

personalization

magnification

mind reading

fortune telling

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Exaggerating or downplaying the significance of events.

minimization

magical thinking

magnification and minimization

mind reading

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Seeing only the worst possible outcome of a situation.

should statements

overgeneralization

fortune telling

catastrophizing

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Recognizing only the negative aspects of a situation, while ignoring the good.

all or nothing thinking

disqualifying the positive

should statements

mind reading

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The belief that things ought to be a certain way.

emotional reasoning

catastrophizing

disqualifying the positive

should statements

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