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10 Thinking biases (or Cognitive Traps)

1st June 2010

1. All-or-Nothing thinking: less than perfect is a total failure
2. Over-generalisation: “always” / “never”
3. Mental Filter: Picking out the single negative, dwelling exclusively on that
4. Discounting the Positive: Positive evidence “doesn’t count”
5. Jumping to Conclusions: without any evidence or data
6. Magnification: Exaggerating the problems, catastrophising
7. Emotional Reasoning: Negative emotions drive perception of facts
8. “Should” / “Ought” Statements: placing pressure of self-expectation
9. Labelling: “I made a mistake” becomes “I’m hopeless”
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