The cognitive approach to explaining depression - Beck's negative triad

Question 1

What is the negative triad and what does it consist of?

Answer 1

Three types of negative thinking that occur automatically:
Negative view of the world
Negative view of the future
Negative view of the self

Question 2

Beck took a cognitive approach to explain how cognitive….

Answer 2

vulenrability may lead to depression.

Question 3

what is a negative self schema?

Answer 3

A person interprets information about themself in a negative way.

Question 3

What is faulty information processing?

Answer 3

when depressed people think of negative aspects of a situation.

Question 4

What are the evaluations of Beck’s theory.

Answer 4

Real-world applcaition
existance of supporting research

Question 5

Evaluation: Real-world application

Answer 5

Real world application.
Increased understanding of cognitive vulenrability has been applied to treatments such as CBT.
i.e elements of negative triad can be easily identified by therapist and be challenged as irrational thoughts on the patients part.
Useful in the real world.

Question 6

Evaluation: has supporting research evidence

Answer 6

Has supporting research evidence.
Study by researchers - Evaluate cognitive vulenrability before and after birth in 65 pregnanet women.
Found positive correlation between increased cognitve vulenrability and increased liklihood of getting depression after birth.
Supports link between cognitive vulenrability and depression, thus increasing validity of the theory.