Beck's negative triad

Question 1

What is the cognitive triad?

Answer 1

Three forms of negative thinking that are typical of individuals with depression

Question 2

What are the negative thoughts about?

Answer 2

• The self
• The world
• The future

Question 3

What does the negative traid interact with?

Answer 3

Negative schemas and cognitive biases to produce depressive thinking

Question 4

What are cognitive biases?

Answer 4

Distortions of thought processes

Question 5

What are individuals with depression prone to?

Answer 5

Making logical errors in their thinking and they tend to focus selectively on certain aspects of a situation

Question 6

What does Beck believe about depressive prone individuals?

Answer 6

The individual develop a negative self-schema

Question 7

What does Beck claim about negaive schemas?

Answer 7

They may be aquaired in childhood as a result of a traumatic event

Question 8

Negative thinking may be generally an effect rather than a cause?

Answer 8

Perhaps individuals only start experiencing negative thoughts after having developed depression. However, evidence that negative thinking can be involved in the development of depression was obtained by Lewinsohn et al. (2001).