Aaron Beck Flashcards
What are automatic thoughts?
Involuntary and unintentional thoughts. Occur at the pre-conscious level and are difficult to stop or regulate.
What are controlled thoughts?
Voluntary or intentional thoughts. Conscious and able to regulate.
What are schemas/core beliefs?
Cognitive structures that consist of someone’s core beliefs and assumptions about how the world operates.
What do schemas/core beliefs do?
Form concepts of self, others, and the world that shape personality.
What are the categories of core beliefs?
Lovable/unlovable and Competent/helpless
What are cognitive distortions?
Unrealistic schema and systematic errors in reasoning.
Arbitrary Inference
Conclusion without evidence.
Selective Abstraction
Focus on one aspect and ignore everything else.
Overgeneralization
Making “sweeping” generalizations.
Magnification and minimization
Too significant or not significant enough.
Personalization
Assuming it’s all about me.
Dichotomous thinking
Thinking in extremes.
What is the cognitive triad?
Perceptions of self, the world, and the future.
Sociotropic dimension
Dependence on interpersonal relationships. A need for closeness and nurturance.
Autonomous dimension
