Psychotherapy and Cognitive Distortions Quiz

Take our quiz on cognitive distortions in psychotherapy. Identify common thinking errors and learn about cognitive behavioral therapy.

#1

Which cognitive distortion involves seeing things in black and white terms with no shades of gray?

Overgeneralization
All-or-nothing thinking
Catastrophizing
Personalization
#2

What is the term for magnifying or minimizing the importance of an event or emotion?

Labeling
Emotional reasoning
Magnification and minimization
Mind reading
#3

What is the term for placing a label on oneself or others based on a single event or characteristic?

Labeling
Mind reading
Jumping to conclusions
Emotional reasoning
#4

What is the term for believing that one knows what will happen in the future, despite having no evidence to support this belief?

Fortune telling
Overgeneralization
Catastrophizing
Mind reading
#5

Which cognitive distortion involves viewing situations or events as being far worse or more serious than they actually are?

Catastrophizing
Fortune telling
Filtering
Labeling
#6

Which cognitive distortion involves predicting that things will turn out badly, even though there is no evidence to support this belief?

Overgeneralization
Catastrophizing
Personalization
Fortune telling
#7

What is the term for the tendency to believe that one's emotions reflect the way things really are, despite evidence to the contrary?

Emotional reasoning
Should statements
Jumping to conclusions
Filtering
#8

Which cognitive distortion involves believing that one knows what others are thinking, even though there is no evidence to support this belief?

Mind reading
Labeling
Magnification and minimization
Fortune telling
#9

Which cognitive distortion involves seeing a single negative event as a never-ending pattern of defeat?

Overgeneralization
Personalization
All-or-nothing thinking
Magnification and minimization
#10

What is the term for expecting oneself or others to meet unrealistic standards, often resulting in feelings of frustration or inadequacy?

Blaming
Catastrophizing
Should statements
All-or-nothing thinking
#11

Which cognitive distortion involves blaming oneself for events over which one has no control or assuming that others are entirely to blame?

Personalization
Blaming
Should statements
Emotional reasoning
#12

What is the term for making unreasonable demands on oneself or others, often resulting in feelings of frustration or disappointment?

Should statements
Blaming
Catastrophizing
Overgeneralization
#13

Which cognitive distortion involves believing that one must be perfect or that things should be perfect, leading to feelings of pressure and anxiety?

Catastrophizing
Magnification and minimization
Should statements
All-or-nothing thinking
#14

What is the term for believing that one's emotions are the result of external events, rather than one's thoughts or interpretations?

Mind reading
Labeling
Emotional reasoning
Fortune telling
#15

Which cognitive distortion involves believing that one's worth is dependent on external validation or achievements?

All-or-nothing thinking
Should statements
Personalization
Labeling

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