Cognitive Causes of depression

Question 1

key ideas of cognitive causes of depression

Answer 1

mustabatory thinking
ABC model
Negative schemas
Becks negative traid

Question 2

what is mustabatory thinking the source of

Answer 2

irrational thinking

Question 3

what is the assumption behind mustabaroty thinking

Answer 3

certain assumptions have to be true for a person to be happy

Question 4

what are the assumptions that an individual needs to belive to be happy

Answer 4

-I must be accepted by other people i find important
-i must do well or i am worthless
-the world must give me happiness or ill die

Question 5

what does ellis abc model state?

Answer 5

that faulty and irrational thinking prevents the individuals from behaving in an adaptive manner

Question 6

ABC: A stands for

Answer 6

Activating agent

Question 7

ABC: B stands for

Answer 7

Belif

Question 8

ABC: C stands for

Answer 8

Consequence

Question 9

What is a schema

Answer 9

a mental representation of something

Question 10

how is a negative schema formed

Answer 10

through experience with the environment and they develop negatiive views on lifef through interaction with peers, family, teachers etc

Question 11

What does the negative schema make people expect

Answer 11

People expect to fail when encountering a new situation which is similair to perivous ones with negative outcomes

Question 12

Do negative schemas overgeneralise?

Answer 12

YES

Question 13

what does overgeneralisation of negative schemas lead to

Answer 13

lowering self worth as a result of negative biases

Question 14

what are the 3 views of the negative triad

Answer 14

negative view of the self
negative view of the world
negative view of everyone

Question 15

beck believes that depressed individuals thinking is biased towards…

Answer 15

feels that way because their thinkings biased towards negative interpretations of the world related

Question 16

strength of cognitive causes of depression

Answer 16

P: irrational beliefs are sometimes more realistic
E: the irrational thoughts gets them prepared for the worst as their perception of reality is distorted comapred to others
E: this realism allows individuals to make accurate and appropriate decisions in life rather than
L: irrational decisions based on unfounded optimism, which has negative outcomes as they never think irrationally

Question 17

limitation of cognitive causes of depression

Answer 17

P: the ABC model blames the patient for the disorder
E:this model states that is the fault of the patients thinking that causes the depression.
E: Placing blame onto the patient would cause a further negative impact on the patient and would be another negative thought for them to fixate on.
L: This would suggest the models real world application should be questioned therefore might not be a valid model to be used in practice