Faulty information processing

• What does Cohen (2019) show?

  The development of 473 adolescents was tracked and found that frequent cognitive distortions predicted later depression
• What does Ellis' ABC model suggest?

  -good mental health is the result of rational thinking

  -poor mental health is the result of irrational thinking
• What is Ellis' ABC model?

  A: activating event

  -negative life events such as loss of relationships, loved ones or failures

  B: beliefs

  -us vs them

  -utopianism (life should always be fair)

  C: consequences

  -inability to deal with circumstances

  -depression

  -failure to function
• What is Aaron Beck's cognitive theory of depression?

  People's way of thinking is a primary cause of depression. Factors include:

  -faulty information processing

  -negative self-schemas

  -the negative triad
• What is the negative triad?

  Negative views of the world, the future and of the self