What Do You Know?
Measure Your Knowledge from Step Two.
Answer the following questions...
What is a crucial event which occurs between exposure to a potential stressor and our reaction to it?
a) our heart speeds up
b) we interpret the potential stressor as threatening
c) our digestion slows down
d) our breathing becomes more shallow
Which of the cognitive styles below are "cognitive distortions"?
a) all or nothing thinking
b) catastrophizing
c) speculating
d) a and b
Which cognitive distortion is BEST represented in this example: Nancy's daughter complains about the soup Nancy made being too salty. Nancy says to herself, "I'll never be able to make good soup".
a) personalizing
b) overgeneralizing
c) catastrophizing
d) all of the above
When we change the cognitive distortion to a more reasonable and realistic statement, this is known as:
a) rationalizing
b) positive thinking
c) cognitive reframing
d) all of the above
