Cognitive Approach Flashcards
(9 cards)
What is the Cognitive Approach?
The studying of mental processes such as biases, thinking and memory.
What are the four Factors in the Cognitive Approach?
Self-Regulation, Self-Medication, Cognitive Dissonance and Professional Biases.
What is Self-Regulation?
Using a schema to understand + manage your behaviour to react accordingly to things happening around you.
What is Self-Medication in the Cognitive Approach?
Using an unhealthy amount of a substance to block out trauma.
Links to Self-Medication Theory as it says there’s an underlying cause to doing drugs (trauma).
What are Professional Biases?
Unconscious biases a practitioner may have towards a patient.
What is the strength of the Cognitive Approach?
Professionals can be trained to avoid Professional Biases, which is good as it means its more likely a patient will be treated worse.
What is the weakness of the Cognitive Approach?
It ignores genetics and other factors, showing this isn’t a full explanation.
What is Cognitive Dissonance?
When your thoughts do not reflect your actions.
What is a schema?
A mental package of information that tells us how to act in certain situations.
