Common Sense Media: Thinking Traps & Alternative Thoughts
Thinking traps are unhelpful, automatic thought patterns that, when left unchecked, can lead to feelings of anxiety and upset. The good news is that just knowing about them can help you avoid a spiral into negative thinking. And developing alternative thoughts, using specific strategies to generate realistic, helpful replacements, can strengthen our digital well-being. Help students recognize common thinking traps in their digital lives and practice strategies for countering them.
This lesson was co-created with the Center for Digital Thriving.
Objectives
- Learn about “thinking traps” and how they can impact us when we use tech
- Understand how alternative thoughts can loosen the grip of negative, automatic thoughts
- Practice using alternative thinking strategies to realistically counter negative thoughts
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Thinking traps are unhelpful, automatic thought patterns that, when left unchecked, can lead to feelings of anxiety and upset. The good news is that just knowing about them can help you avoid a spiral into negative thinking. And developing alternative thoughts, using specific strategies to generate realistic, helpful replacements, can strengthen our digital well-being. Help students recognize common thinking traps in their digital lives and practice strategies for countering them.
This lesson was co-created with the Center for Digital Thriving.
Objectives
- Learn about “thinking traps” and how they can impact us when we use tech
- Understand how alternative thoughts can loosen the grip of negative, automatic thoughts
- Practice using alternative thinking strategies to realistically counter negative thoughts