cogntive approach to explaining depression Flashcards
cognttive
word cogntive refers to thought processes
model is concerned with the way we think
model
input (enviroment-processing-way we think-output-behaviour
cogntive psychologists assume that abnromal behaviour will follow if the middle processing box is faulty
becks negative triad
according to cogntive psychologists, human behaviour is influenced by schemas which are sysytems of knowledge that we use to understand the world
traumatic adn neagtive events in early life may lead to negative automatic thoughts e.g fialing at shcool might lead to schema ‘i will always be unsuccessful
these schemas then triggered wehn person encounters sitation that is similar to original
what is becks negative triadd made up of
negtaive views of self e.g i am worthless
negative views of world e.g everyone is against me
negative views of future e.g ill never be good at anything
ellis ABC model
ellis suggetss that activating events (A) lead to certain beliefs (B) about the event and a result there is an emotional repsonse or action, the consequence(C)
suggests that people can have rational beleifs concerning the evmt so will act rationally nad will lead to desired emotions