Assignment – Chapter 2

Reminder: All assignments must be handed in on time to get credit. All assignments must be typed. You can single space assignments, and none are expected to take you more than 30 minutes to do or one page to write (unless otherwise indicated). My suggestion is to read the assignment and then read the chapters so that the assignment will guide your reading.

1. The author suggests five techniques for providing ourselves with some amount of solitude. What is the value of solitude, in his opinion?

What would the answers to the following inventories reveal about a person? What would doing this inventory tell you about yourself? (Not you specifically, but what each inventory would tell anyone generally.)

2. Inventory 1: “I am” exercise?

3. Inventory 2: “I believe” exercise?

4. Inventory 3: “Six months to live” exercise?

5. Inventory 4: “Your Communication behaviors?”

6. Inventory 5: “you are not perfect” exercise.

7. Inventory 6: “your thanksgiving list.” exercise?

8. Fill in the corrective to each of Albert Ellis’ “irrational beliefs”

Irrational belief	Corrective understanding
You should be like/loved by everyone.
You should be competent in everything.
Happiness comes from outside forces.
Your past experiences determine your future.
You must find the one right solution to your problems.
If you’re afraid of something, you must constantly prepare for it to happen. Be on guard.
People who make you angry are wicked people and should always be punished.
if things are not the way you want them, it is a catastrophe.
Some difficulties are better avoided.
Other people’s problems require severe upset.

9. Overall, why does the author think it’s so important that we understand our own values, beliefs, and thoughts?