Cognitive approach(schemas)

Question 1

what are schemas?

Answer 1

Packets of information - build through social and cultural expectations - e.g: we know a car is a certain colour and has 4 wheels - developed from past experiences - refined through further interactions from the world around us

Question 2

What do schemas not always reperesent?

Answer 2

reality - built through social exchanges rather than personal interactions. for example the burgler schema - some people have witnessed burglaries - they would probably be male and fairly young (cognitive distortions) - different forms