GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY PHI 105
COGNITIVE DISTORTIONS QUIZ 2026
◉ What Cognitive Distortion are clients expressing when they say:
"Do you know what I'm really thinking?" Answer: Mind Reading
The person speaking believes you can understand the thoughts
behind the words without them having to elaborate.
◉ What Cognitive Distortion are clients expressing when they say:
"Don't you know what I want?" Answer: Mind Reading
The person speaking believes you can understand their wishes
without them having to articulate them.
◉ What Cognitive Distortion are clients expressing when they say:
"Don't you know what I'm afraid of?" Answer: Mind Reading
,The person speaking believes you can understand the fears behind
the words without them having to explain further.
◉ What Cognitive Distortion are clients expressing when they say:
"Don't you know what I'm feeling right now?" Answer: Mind Reading
The person they are speaking to to be able to interpret their
emotions without them explicitly stating what they are feeling.
◉ What Cognitive Distortion are clients expressing when they say:
"Don't you know what I'm trying to get across?" Answer: Mind
Reading
The person speaking believes you can understand their message
without them having to explain it further.
◉ What Cognitive Distortion are clients expressing when they say:
"Don't you know why I'm here?" Answer: Mind Reading
,the person speaking believes you can understand their intent
without them having to explain it.
◉ What Cognitive Distortion are clients expressing when they say:
"Everyone is so much smarter than me." Answer: Mental Filter
Believing that they are the least intelligent person in the group.
◉ What Cognitive Distortion are clients expressing when they say:
"Everything I do is wrong." Answer: Overgeneralization
Concluding that every action taken is incorrect.
◉ What Cognitive Distortion are clients expressing when they say:
"I always fail, I'm never successful." Answer: Overgeneralization
Making a sweeping statement that all attempts at success will
always be unsuccessful.
, ◉ What Cognitive Distortion are clients expressing when they say:
"I bet no one will remember this event in a few weeks." Answer:
Fortune Telling
This statement implies an anticipation of obscurity for the event.
◉ What Cognitive Distortion are clients expressing when they say:
"I can bring back my deceased loved one if I just concentrate and
focus." Answer: Magical Thinking
Thinking that concentrating and focusing can bring back the dead.
◉ What Cognitive Distortion are clients expressing when they say:
"I can control the world with my thoughts." Answer: Magical
Thinking
Thinking that one's thoughts can affect the world.
◉ What Cognitive Distortion are clients expressing when they say:
COGNITIVE DISTORTIONS QUIZ 2026
◉ What Cognitive Distortion are clients expressing when they say:
"Do you know what I'm really thinking?" Answer: Mind Reading
The person speaking believes you can understand the thoughts
behind the words without them having to elaborate.
◉ What Cognitive Distortion are clients expressing when they say:
"Don't you know what I want?" Answer: Mind Reading
The person speaking believes you can understand their wishes
without them having to articulate them.
◉ What Cognitive Distortion are clients expressing when they say:
"Don't you know what I'm afraid of?" Answer: Mind Reading
,The person speaking believes you can understand the fears behind
the words without them having to explain further.
◉ What Cognitive Distortion are clients expressing when they say:
"Don't you know what I'm feeling right now?" Answer: Mind Reading
The person they are speaking to to be able to interpret their
emotions without them explicitly stating what they are feeling.
◉ What Cognitive Distortion are clients expressing when they say:
"Don't you know what I'm trying to get across?" Answer: Mind
Reading
The person speaking believes you can understand their message
without them having to explain it further.
◉ What Cognitive Distortion are clients expressing when they say:
"Don't you know why I'm here?" Answer: Mind Reading
,the person speaking believes you can understand their intent
without them having to explain it.
◉ What Cognitive Distortion are clients expressing when they say:
"Everyone is so much smarter than me." Answer: Mental Filter
Believing that they are the least intelligent person in the group.
◉ What Cognitive Distortion are clients expressing when they say:
"Everything I do is wrong." Answer: Overgeneralization
Concluding that every action taken is incorrect.
◉ What Cognitive Distortion are clients expressing when they say:
"I always fail, I'm never successful." Answer: Overgeneralization
Making a sweeping statement that all attempts at success will
always be unsuccessful.
, ◉ What Cognitive Distortion are clients expressing when they say:
"I bet no one will remember this event in a few weeks." Answer:
Fortune Telling
This statement implies an anticipation of obscurity for the event.
◉ What Cognitive Distortion are clients expressing when they say:
"I can bring back my deceased loved one if I just concentrate and
focus." Answer: Magical Thinking
Thinking that concentrating and focusing can bring back the dead.
◉ What Cognitive Distortion are clients expressing when they say:
"I can control the world with my thoughts." Answer: Magical
Thinking
Thinking that one's thoughts can affect the world.
◉ What Cognitive Distortion are clients expressing when they say:
