Cognitive distortions Flashcards
1
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Minimisation & magnification
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Emphasising negative and playing down positives
2
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Overgeneralisation
A
Viewing a single negative event as the norm
3
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Selective abstraction
A
Drawing a conclusion based only on part of the information
4
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Personalisation
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Assuming responsibility for all negative events
5
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Arbitrary interference
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Drawing an unjustified conclusion
6
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Dichotomous thinking
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Seeing things only as extremes of black or white
All or nothing thinking
7
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Catastrophic thinking
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Thinking the worst or predicting the ‘end of everything’
