Cognitive approach to explaining depression

Question 1

Cognitive approach

Answer 1

Focused on our mental processes

Question 2

Negative triad

Answer 2

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.

Question 3

Self-schema

Answer 3

Package of information we have about ourselves

Question 4

3 aspects to Beck’s cognitive theory of depression

Answer 4

Faulty info processing
Negative self-schema
Negative triad

Question 5

ABC model

Answer 5

Depression occurs when an activating event triggers an irrational belief which in turn produces a consequence i.e emotional response like depression.

Question 6

3 parts to ABC model

Answer 6

Activating event
Beliefs
Consequences

Question 7

Evaluation for Beck’s

Answer 7

Good supporting evidence
Practical application in CBT
Doesn’t explain all aspects of depression

Question 8

Evaluation for Ellis’s ABC model

Answer 8

Partial explanation
Practical application in CBT
Doesn’t explain all aspects of depression