Cognitive Approach to Explaining Depression : Ellis's ABC Model

Question 1

state the broad assumptions of the cognitive approach

Answer 1

focus of faulty thinking

look a negative patterns of thinking

look at the role of schemas

Question 2

What does Ellis’s ABC model outline?

Answer 2

how irrational thoughts effect our behaviour and emotional state

Question 3

define rational thinking

Answer 3

realistic thinking

allowing people to be happy
good mental thinking

Question 4

define irrational thinking

Answer 4

unrealistic thinking

interfering w/ the ability to be happy

Question 5

name ABC in Ellis’s ABC mod3l

Answer 5

a - activating event

b - belief

c - consequence

Question 6

What is an activating event?

Answer 6

negative external event triggering depression

Question 7

give an example of a trigger of depression

Answer 7

failing a test

end of relationship

Question 8

name some irrational beliefs

Answer 8

musturbation - ‘i must suceed’

utopianism - view that everything should be fair

Question 9

name the 2 types of consequences?

Answer 9

emotional aspects of depression

behavioural aspects of depression