explaining

• what approach is used to explain depression

  cognitive
• what is A in Ellis' ABC model


  activating event-depression occurs when we experience negative events
• what is B in Ellis' ABC model

  beliefs-negative events cause irrational beliefs
• what is C in Ellis' ABC model


  consequences-when an activating triggers irrational beliefs there are emotional and behavioural consequences
• what is utopianism


  the belief that the world must always be fair and just
• one strength of Ellis' ABC model


  real world application - irrational beliefs can be identified by a therapist
• one limitation of Ellis' ABC model


  doesn't apply to all types of depression - endogenous depression which doesn't have an activating event
• what is Becks negative triad

  that depressed people have a negative view of the world, their future and self
• what is a schema

  a package of ideas and information developed through experience
• what is a negative self schema


  when someone interprets all information about themselves in a negative way
• one strength of Becks negative triad

  real world application - identifying cognitive vulnerability in youth
• one limitation of Becks negative triad

  partial explanation - doesn't explain all cognitive characteristics of depression like hallucinations
• what is meant by faulty information processing


  -some people are more prone to depression

  - depressed people tend to think of the negative aspects of a situation and ignore the positives