cognitive approach to explaining depression Flashcards
becks negative triad
faulty information processing
negative self schema
negative triad
faulty information processing
depressed people attend to negative aspects of a situation and ignore positives
blow small problems out of proportion ‘black and white thinking’
schema
package of ideas and information developed through experience
act as a mental framework for interpretation of sensory information
self-schema
package of information people have about themselves
negative self-schema
interpret information about themselves in a negative way
Beck
a person develops a dysfunctional view of themselves because of three types of negative thinking that occur automatically
negative triad
- negative view of world - creates impression there is no hope anywhere
- negative view of future - reduce any hopefulness and enhance depression
- negative view of self - enhance existing depressive feelings because they conform the existing emotions of low self-esteem
Beck evaluation: Research support
Cohen et al regularly measured cognitive vulnerability in 473 adolescents and found that showing cognitive vulnerability predicted later depression
Association between cognitive vulnerability and depression
Beck evaluation point: real-world application
Application in screening and treatment for depression
Cohen eat al - assessing cognitive vulnerability allows psychologists to screen young people and identify the most at risk of developing depression and monitoring them
ABC MODEL evaluation: real-world application
Psychological treatment of depression
David et al - Evidence supporting REBT can change negative beliefs and relive symptoms of depression
REBT = real world value
Ellis model evaluation: reactive and endogenous depression
Ellis’s model only explains reactive depression and many cases of depression dont have a traceable life event and so the causes aren’t obvious there for the model only explains some cases and is a partial explanation.
