Behavioural Experiments are planned activities to help you test the automatic thoughts and beliefs you have about that situation.
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Completing Session 4 unlocks the Behavioural Experiment Tool.
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On the Dashboard, select Experiments.
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Select the New Experiment button.
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On the Experiment Overview page, enter a Name for the experiment and the Thought or Belief you are going to test. Rate how strongly you believe your prediction will come true on the slider. Then select Continue.
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On the Experiment Type page, select whether the experiment is a Data Gathering or Hypothesis Testing experiment. Then select Continue.
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On the Plan Your Experiment page, enter the details of when and how you will complete the experiment. Then select Continue.
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After you've completed your experiment, on the Record the outcome page, enter the results of your experiment and rate how strongly you would believe your original thought if you were to do the experiment again. Enter a new thought or belief based on the results of the experiment. Then select Submit.