The
cognitive approach to
explaining depression
Beck ( 1967) Negative traid
Faulty information processing
Beck 619677
suggested that some
people are more
prone to depression because
of faulty information processing ie
thinking in a
flawed way
.
.
When depressed people attend to the
negative aspects of a situation t
ignore positives ,
they also tend to blow small
problems out of
'
proportion in black and White
'
+ think terms .
Depressed people have
negative self
-
schema
A
information through experience interpret
' '
schema and to the so
is a
package of
ideas
developed we use schema word ,
if a
person
.
has a
negative self -
schema
they interpret all
information about themselves in a
negative way
.
The
negative traia
There 3
are elements to the
negative raid :
negative view world
-
the
of
view
•
negative of the
future
negative view
-
of the
self .
Ellis C. 1962) ABC model
A -
activating event
Ellis suggested that depression arises irrational
from thoughts
.
According to Ellis depression occurs when we
experience negative events
eg gaining
: an
important test
B-
beliefs
Negative events
trigger irrational beliefs eg :
ellis
belief succeed
-
called the that we must
always muster nation
l stand it itis is the
belief that its
go smoothly
'
cant disaster dont
a when
things
-
- - -
just
'
utopianism is the
belief that the world must
always be
fair and .
C-
consequences
when an irrational beliefs there emotional and behavioural
activating event
triggers
are con
segues .
For example ,
if you believe
you must
always svceedt then
you fail
at
something , the
consequence is depression
cognitive approach to
explaining depression
Beck ( 1967) Negative traid
Faulty information processing
Beck 619677
suggested that some
people are more
prone to depression because
of faulty information processing ie
thinking in a
flawed way
.
.
When depressed people attend to the
negative aspects of a situation t
ignore positives ,
they also tend to blow small
problems out of
'
proportion in black and White
'
+ think terms .
Depressed people have
negative self
-
schema
A
information through experience interpret
' '
schema and to the so
is a
package of
ideas
developed we use schema word ,
if a
person
.
has a
negative self -
schema
they interpret all
information about themselves in a
negative way
.
The
negative traia
There 3
are elements to the
negative raid :
negative view world
-
the
of
view
•
negative of the
future
negative view
-
of the
self .
Ellis C. 1962) ABC model
A -
activating event
Ellis suggested that depression arises irrational
from thoughts
.
According to Ellis depression occurs when we
experience negative events
eg gaining
: an
important test
B-
beliefs
Negative events
trigger irrational beliefs eg :
ellis
belief succeed
-
called the that we must
always muster nation
l stand it itis is the
belief that its
go smoothly
'
cant disaster dont
a when
things
-
- - -
just
'
utopianism is the
belief that the world must
always be
fair and .
C-
consequences
when an irrational beliefs there emotional and behavioural
activating event
triggers
are con
segues .
For example ,
if you believe
you must
always svceedt then
you fail
at
something , the
consequence is depression
