Depression

Question 1

Processes associated w depression

Answer 1

Cognitive biases
Maladaptive vs adaptive cognitive emotion regulation
Deficit in cognitive control

Question 2

Cognitive deficit

Answer 2

Executive functioning
Working memory
Processing speed

Question 3

Cognitive control

Answer 3

Difficulty inhibiting negative from working memory (inhibition is difficult), and difficulty updating information from working memory. Causes rumination , increased reactivity to stress.

Question 4

Cognitive emotion regulation strategies

Answer 4

How you cope w life events.

Ruminating: maladaptive, repetitive and passive thinking about negative mood states. interferes w effective problem solving.

Distraction: Adaptive, used less by depressed. Short term effect if instructed, maybe maladaptive on long run.

Question 5

Reappraisal

Answer 5

Reinterpreting meaning/emotion interpretation of an experience to modify the experience. Done less in depressed, don’t predict recovery though.

Question 6

Negative affective priming

Answer 6

Respond to target (black frame) and ignore distractor (grey frame). If you suppress grey emotion successfully, you’re slower when target is the same emotion. Depressed people are faster io slower. This is bc of lack in ability to inhibit the negative.