generalevaluativepoints

• briefly give 3 strengths?

  • development of therapies and treatments
  • acknowledges other explanations
  • objective testing
• give one strength of the cognitive explanation?

  Success with the development of therapies and treatments from the explanations (CBT) - practical application
• give one strength of the cognitive explanation?

  it recognises that other explanations such as genes, development and early experiences can lead to certain thinking patterns and thus cause depression making it less reductionist than some explanations

  _ eg gene mapping techniques (MAKE gizmo out of this)
• give one strength of the cognitive explanation?

  ovjective testing as it is based on scientific principals- can make constant improvements to the model with continued testing. increases accuracy so also increases its validity. lots of research to support it so it is reliable as an explanation
• briefly state the weaknesses of the cognitive explanation?

  
  

  • cannot explain all aspects of depression
  • reactive depression
  • bi-directional relationship
• give one weakness of the cognitive explanation?

  Cannot explain all aspects of depression eg the anger and hallucination symptoms of some people with depression
• give one weakness of the cognitive explanation?

  Reactive depression- according to Ellis' model depression is triggered by an event. however this does not explain depression that appears to have no excuse
• give one weakness of the cognitive explanation?

  Do the negative thoughts cause the depression or the depression cause the negative thoughts?

  • came to the conclusions of a bi-directional relationship- could be either direction
• who used gene-mapping techniques?

  Plomin et al
• what did Plomin et al do?

  used gene mapping techniques

  • sample of 3,154 pairs of 12 year old twins
• what did Plomin find?

  Genetics accounted for 66% of the heritability of cognitive abilities
• what do Plomin's findings suggest?

  The cognitive features of depression may have a large genetic component to them , which illustrates how the genetic and cognitive explanations can be combined together to give a better understanding of the origin of the disordr
• give an exampke of a cogntiive feature of depression?

  Negative schemas