Cognitive Explanations of Depression (AQA A-Level Psychology): Quizzes
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What are the three components of Beck's negative triad?
What are the three components of Beck's negative triad?
Self, world, and future
Which cognitive bias involves drawing conclusions without sufficient supporting evidence?
Which cognitive bias involves drawing conclusions without sufficient supporting evidence?
Arbitrary inference
What is selective abstraction in Beck's cognitive biases?
What is selective abstraction in Beck's cognitive biases?
Focusing on negative aspects only
Which negative schema causes individuals to expect failure in all situations?
Which negative schema causes individuals to expect failure in all situations?
Ineptness schemas
In Ellis' ABC model, what does 'B' represent?
In Ellis' ABC model, what does 'B' represent?
Beliefs about the activating event
According to Ellis, what determines emotional responses to events?
According to Ellis, what determines emotional responses to events?
Interpretations of events
What characterises Seligman's depressed attributional style?
What characterises Seligman's depressed attributional style?
Internal, stable, and global
Which brain region showed impaired activation in Beevers et al. (2010) fMRI study?
Which brain region showed impaired activation in Beevers et al. (2010) fMRI study?
Ventral lateral pre-frontal cortex
Which is a strength of cognitive explanations of depression?
Which is a strength of cognitive explanations of depression?
High treatment effectiveness rates
What is a key weakness of cognitive explanations regarding causation?
What is a key weakness of cognitive explanations regarding causation?
Evidence is correlational not causal