Activity for the book
My Psychology
My Take: 15.2 Cognitive Distortions
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My Take
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Question 1
1
Luther’s friends take him out for his first taste of sushi, and he hates the flavor of the very first piece he tries. “Nope, I’m done. Sushi is absolutely disgusting,” he tells his friends. Luther is engaging in a cognitive distortion called
_____
blank
.
Choice
A
,
magnification
Choice
B
,
personalization
Choice
C
,
catastrophizing
Choice
D
,
overgeneralization
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Question 2
2
Nikki is very upset that her favorite baseball team lost its playoff series. “If I had dyed my hair black and gold we would have won,” she says. Nikki’s action of taking the blame for something for which she had no responsibility is called
_____
blank
.
Choice
A
,
minimization
Choice
B
,
dichotomous thinking
Choice
C
,
personalization
Choice
D
,
arbitrary inference
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Question 3
3
Which theorist was noted for his suggestion that psychotherapy should focus on identifying clients’ cognitive distortions and helping them replace those errors with more adaptive thinking?
Choice
A
,
Rogers
Choice
B
,
Wolpe
Choice
C
,
Beck
Choice
D
,
Perls
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Question 4
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Your Take!
Do you think that cognitive distortions play any adaptive function in our lives? When might it be good to
not
think about things in a totally realistic or rational manner?
Question 4
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