W04 Thinking Errors Flashcards
What are the thinking errors covered in this lesson?
Victimization
Pride
Entitlement
Powerlessness
Giving up
Justification
Scarcity mentality
People pleasing
Minimize/catastrophize
Deceit
Thinking errors are lapses in judgement fueled by what?
Stress
Which thinking error involves believing you deserve something because of your perceived status in the world?
Entitlement
In which thinking error does someone think there is never enough?
Scarcity mindset
Thinking error: Julia copes with her feelings of rejection by characterizing the popular women as shallow and unfeeling. “They aren’t good enough to be my friends anyway,” she reasons in her mind.
Pride
Thinking error: Upon arriving home, João sees his wife busily working on dinner, laundry, and caring for the children. “I could help, but I think I deserve a little rest,” he says to himself.
Entitlement
Thinking error: Sam, saying nothing to his wife, angrily grabs the trash bag and storms out of the house.
Victimization
Thinking error: “I can’t do this homework! It’s too hard!” Natasha reasons to herself.
Powerlessness
Thinking error: “Well, I guess I’m just not smart enough for this class,” Winston declares. He promptly lowers his expectations and devotes much less study time to the class.
Giving up
Thinking error: Tanya pulls out her smartphone and views a social media app for a few minutes. “It’s just a little bit,” she says to herself.
Justification
Thinking error: Li decides his homework can wait. “How often do parties like this come around anyway?” he reasons to himself.
Scarcity mentality
Thinking error: From her childhood to today, Melinda has allowed the pain of this experience to remain inside of her, using it as a motivation to prove to the world that she is not ugly and stupid. As a result, she works hard to impress others
People pleasing
Thinking error: Sensing that Selso’s feedback is more negative than positive, Raúl begins to worry that he is going to be fired. He searches his mind and recalls other such instances of feedback. “I must be a terrible worker,” Raúl thinks.
Minimize/ catastrophize
Thinking error: Sensing that Selso’s feedback is more negative than positive, Raúl begins to worry that he is going to be fired. He searches his mind and recalls other such instances of feedback. “I must be a terrible worker,” Raúl thinks.
Minimize/ catastrophize
Thinking error: Raquel tells herself that if nobody is in the restaurant at 9:45 p.m., it’s in a “closed state” anyway. She closes the restaurant at 9:45 p.m. and goes home.
Deceit
