Cognitive approach to explaining depression Flashcards
Cognitive approach
Focused on our mental processes
Negative triad
Beck proposed 3 kinds of negative thinking that contributed to becoming depressed: Negative view of world, future and self. Leads to interpret experiences in negative way and make more vulnerable to depression.
Self-schema
Package of information we have about ourselves
3 aspects to Beck’s cognitive theory of depression
Faulty info processing
Negative self-schema
Negative triad
ABC model
Depression occurs when an activating event triggers an irrational belief which in turn produces a consequence i.e emotional response like depression.
3 parts to ABC model
Activating event
Beliefs
Consequences
Evaluation for Beck’s
Good supporting evidence
Practical application in CBT
Doesn’t explain all aspects of depression
Evaluation for Ellis’s ABC model
Partial explanation
Practical application in CBT
Doesn’t explain all aspects of depression