Negative

• Who deemed this theory?

  Beck (2008)
• Cognitive triad
• What is the cognitive triad?

  Negative thoughts about oneself, the world, and the future.
• How can it be used to explain scz?

  As they are initially used to help understand depression, they can help with understanding the negative symptoms of scz.
• What can dysfunctional beliefs about themselves cause?

  An inability to experience pleasure, a cynical view of their future and a pessimistic view.
• What, therefore, can they cause?

  Negative symptoms such as flatness of affect, anhedonia and avolition.