Beck's negative triad Flashcards
1
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What did the psychoanalysts Beck create?
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The negative triad in 1967
2
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What three components did Beck create?
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- cognitive bias
- negative self schemas
- errors in logic
3
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What did Beck mean by cognitive bias?
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- Beck found that depressed people are more likely to focus on the negative aspects while ignoring the positives
- they are prone to distorting and misinterpreting information (cognitive bias)
- Beck detailed numerous cognitive biases (generalisations and catastrophising)
4
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What is a schema?
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- a pattern of thought or a ‘package’ of knowledge which stores information about ourselves and the world around us
- a cognitive framework that helps organise and interpret information in the brain. A schema helps an individual to make sense of new information
5
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What is the negative schema/ what does Beck say is the negative schema?
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- they are developed through childhood
- this could be through parental/peer rejection and criticisms by teachers
- these negative schemas are activated whenever the person experiences a new situation that resembles the original conditions in which these schemas were learned
- a person with a negative schema is more likely to interpret information about themselves in a negative way which leads to cognitive biases
6
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What is the negative triad?
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- he claimed that cognitive biases and negative self schemas maintain the negative triad
- the negative triad is a pessimistic, irrational view of the self with three key elements
- the self: i.e I am unattractive
- the world (life experiences) : ‘ I can understand why people think I am ugly, I don’t have a boyfriend’
- the future: ‘ i am always going to be on my own, nothing will change’
7
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What are generalisations?
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- making sweeping conclusions based on a single incident
‘ I’ve failed one topic test in psychology now I’m going to fail the whole exam!’
8
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What is catastrophising?
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- exaggeration of a minor setback
- ‘I’ve failed one topic test and now I am never going to get a job’
