Cognitive Approach to explaining and treating depression - BECK Flashcards
beck believed that it was because of what that people were more vulnerable to depression?
the way we think (cognition), faulty thinking
beck said that people with depression responded to negative aspects of a situation and ignored the …..
postives
what are the two types of cognitive biases?
overgeneralization and clautasprohising
what is overgeneralization?
give an example?
sweeping conclusions
students feels worthless after underperforming on 1 test
what is catastrophizing?
give an example
exaggerate a minor setback/event and believe its a disaster.
a love one is late home and you think they have been killed in a accident
what are the two negative self schemes?
ineptness and self-blame schemas
what does ineptness mean?
make depressives, expect to fail
what are self-blame schemas?
depressives feel responsible for all misfortunes
who made the negative triad?
beck
according to Beck’s triad, what are the three types of automatic thinking?
negative view on the world
negative view on self
negative view about the future
what is negative view on the world?
give an example?
creating an impression of no hope
‘the world is a cold, hard place’
what is negative view of the future?
give an example
‘ill never be good at anything and this will never change’ causes helplessness and increases depression
what is negative view of self?
give an example
‘i am a failure at everything everything i try’
again enhances depressive sleeping patterns and confirm low self-esteem
evaluation: supporting research comes from people with what disorder and why? (hint: something to do with thinking)
research comes from suffers of depression who suffer from faulty thinking, negative self schemas and aspects of the negative triad than those without depression
evaluation: 473 adolescents were measured on cognitive vulnerabilities who were later shown to ?
shown that predict later depression
evaluation: the theory does not explain people with what type of depression
the theory doesn’t explain other types of depression that make people angry and explosive, for example endogenous depression
evaluation: if we can access vulnerabilities we can identify those at … and then …. them.
RISK / MONITOR
evaluation: becks idea of faulty thinking processing and a negative triad has led to the success of treatments such as CEBT.
what has CEBT led to?
successful in altering cognition that is implicated in depression and can make them more resilient to life events
