cognitive approach DONT DO

Question 1

Which two theories go into the cognitive approach

Answer 1

1. beck’s cognitive theory

2. Ellis’ ABC model

Question 2

What are the characteristics of depression divided into

Answer 2

Behavioural, emotional and cognitive

Question 3

What are the behavioural characteristics of depression

Answer 3

Activity levels can be high or low, changes to sleep, aggression and self harm

Question 4

What are the emotional characteristics of depression

Answer 4

Lower mood and lower self-esteem

Question 5

What are the cognitive characteristics of depression

Answer 5

Poor concentration, attention to and dwelling on the negative, absolutist thinking so things are either good or bad, there is no in between

Question 6

Becks negative triad

Answer 6

1. Faulty information-processing, depressed people make fundamental errors in the logic, so they only focus on negative aspects of the situation and blow small problems out of proportion
2. Negative self schema’s- They interpret all the information about themselves in a negative way
3. Negative triad, so they would have a negative view of the self, world and future

Question 7

Ellis’ ABC model

Answer 7

A- activating event
B- beliefs
C- consequence

Question 8

two Strength of becks cognitive theory

Answer 8

there is research support, research are found pregnant women with cognitive vulnerability such as dysfunctional thinking, are more likely to have postnatal depression, so there is a cognitive side to it before the depression

• Real life application, all cognitive aspects can be challenged and CBT leading to successful therapy

Question 9

one weaknesses of becks cognitive theory

Answer 9

doesn’t explain all aspects of depression, some deeply depressed patients are deeply angry and Beck cannot explain this extreme emotion, so some people suffer hallucinations and this theory cannot explain it

Question 10

One strength of Ellis ABC model

Answer 10

Real life applications, changing the irrational beliefs to rational so the patient can deal with activating events causing depression

Question 11

Two weaknesses of the Ellis’ ABC model

Answer 11

• Explains depression only when there is an activating event, some people have a good life you are still depressed so a combined approach would be better as it takes all causes into account
• Doesn’t explain all aspects of depression, only explains why some people appear to be more vulnerable to depression, the biological approach is better as it explains why drug therapies are good