Cognitive Explanations of Depression (OCR A-Level Psychology): Flashcards

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Cognitive Explanations of Depression
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Beck's Negative Triad (year)

1967

What negative schemas cause

Faulty information processing

How negative schemas develop

Childhood - authority figures place unreal demands

What cognitive biases cause

Misperception of reality

Grazioli & Terry finding

High cognitive vulnerability = more post-natal depression

Beck's theory treatment application

CBT - identify & challenge cognitive triad elements

Ellis ABC Model: A stands for

Activating event

Ellis ABC Model: B stands for

Belief (irrational)

Ellis ABC Model: C stands for

Consequence (emotional, e.g. depression)

Ellis: Irrational thoughts definition

Thoughts preventing us from being happy

Type of depression ABC model explains

Reactive depression (with clear activating event)

What ABC model doesn't explain

Hallucinations and delusions

ABC model's external validity

Low external validity

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