Psychopathology - the cognitive approach to explaining and treating depression

Question 1

what is the cognitive approach to explaining depression?

Answer 1

The cognitive approach stresses the role of cognitive problems such as irrational thinking in abnormal functioning which was founded by Ellis (1962) and Beck (1963)

Question 2

what is the negative triad?

Answer 2

An idea by Beck which proposed that there were three kids of negative thinking which contributed to becoming depressed: negative views of the world; the future and the self. Such negative views lead a person to interpret their experiences in a negative way making them more vulnerable to depression

Question 3

what is the ABC Model?

Answer 3

an idea made by Ellis which suggests that depression occurs when an activating event triggers an irritation al belief in which produces a consequence:

Question 4

what did Ellis and Beck believe?

Answer 4

that one major weakness with the behavioural model was that it did not take into account mental processes.

Question 5

what is faulty information processing and who came up with it?

Answer 5

FIP refers to when individuals are depressed and pay more attention to the negative aspects of a situation and tend to ignore the positives as well as blowing small issues out of proportions. > Beck

Question 6

what is a negative self schema?

Answer 6

the ‘package of information’ which we have of ourselves. It also interprets the world. Therefore if we have a negative self schema we will interpret all information in a negative way.