The cognitive approach to explaining depression Flashcards
What are the causes of depression
Negative thoughts
Irrational beliefs
Misinterpretation of event
What did Beck suggest
Cognitive explanation to why people are more vulnerable to depression than others
What are the three parts to cognitive vulnerability
Faulty information processing
Negative self schemas
Negative triad
Why is faulty info processing a cause of depression
Makes fundamental error in logic
Selectively attends to the negative aspects
Blows small problems out of proportion
What phrase is used to describe the thought process of those with depression
Thinking in black and white
Why is negative self schemas a cause of depression
That’s suffering interpret all the info about themselves in a negative way
What is a self schema
A package of ideas that we have about ourselves
What is a schema
A building block of knowledge that has developed with experience
What did Weissman and Beck (1978) aim to investigate
The thought processes of depressed people to establish if they make use of negative schemas
What was the method of Weissman and Beck (1978)
Measured thoughts on a dysfunctional attitude scale (DAS)
Participants ticked whether they agree or not
What was the results of Weissman and Beck (1978)
Depressed had more negative assessment
What are the three elements of the negative triad
Negative view of:
Self
World
Future
What model did Ellis propose
The ABC model
What does the A stand for in the ABC model
Activating event
Why may depression arise from an activating event
A negative experience had occurred causing negative and irrational thoughts
