Exam 9: Cognitive Restructuring: Reframing

Thoughts, as a form of energy, are thought to have a negative impact on the body.

The unconscious mind is believed to control as much as 40-50% of one's behavior.

Reframing, in the form of positive affirmations:

"Unconscious resistance" is known to counteract toxic thoughts.

Reframing an attitude after a stressor has occurred is easier than refining expectations prior to meeting a stressor.

Please define the following terms or concepts in no more than two sentences, and give an example to support your definition. A) Acceptance B) Awfulizing C) Blaming D) Brief grief E) Catastrophizing F) Cognitive distortion G) Cognitive restructuring H) Flexible optimism I) Information-processing model J) Magnifying K) Neurolinguistic programming (NLP) L) Perfectionism M) Pessimism N) Polarized thinking O) Magnifying P) Rational emotional therapy Q) Reframing R) Self-talk S) Serenity prayer T) Shoulding U) Thought stopping V) Toxic thoughts W) Victimization X) Raising one's vibration

According to psychotherapist David Burns, all of the following are examples of cognitive distortion except:

Reinhold Niebuhr's Serenity Prayer, which is a foundational part of Alcoholics Anonymous, encourages:

An optimist delights in Murphy's law that anything can and will go wrong, at the worst possible moment.

Cognitive restructuring is a term best described as:

"Brief grief" is considered:

Awareness and reappraisal of the situation are the first two steps in the process of cognitive restructuring.

This is the suggested order to reconstruct negative thoughts into positive ones.

NLP is based on the concept that language confines thinking.

Holistic stress management focuses on moving from fear (stress) to love and compassion. Explain the concept of raising one's vibration through reframing and attitude adjustment.

Explain how self-talk can serve as a precursor to stress, as well as a tool to help conquer perceptions of stress. Be specific and give examples where appropriate.

The four stages of cognitive restructuring are:

When a person typically sees everything as good or bad with no middle ground, in what type of toxic thought process is he or she engaged?

The purpose of cognitive restructuring is to:

All of the following are ways to "increase" your vibration out of a fear-based thought process except: