Aaron Beck and Cognitive TherapyPersonality Psychology Lecture 19Outline of Last Lecture Self regulation- Schemas Motives - Self enhancement motive- Self verification motive - Higgins Self efficacy and Anxiety - Stress- Stress inoculation- RET, rational emotive therapy- ABC Outline of Current Lecture Aaron Beck- Automatic thoughts- Dysfunctional assumptions- Negative self statementsTriad of depressionCognitive therapy for depressionFaulty CognitionsEvaluation Current LectureAaron Beck and Cognitive Therapy Prolific research and application to therapy Psychological difficulties are due to:o Automatic thoughts Patterns of thinking in particular way automatically that influence our behavior and how we feel positively or negativelyo Dysfunctional assumptionso Negative self statements Beck’s Cognitive Triad of Depression Negative views of the selfo Inadequate, worthless, etco Predominant viewsThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute. Negative views of the worldo Worlds too hard, unfair, too many demands Negative views of the futureo Life will always involve sufferingFaulty Cognitions: Research People who are depressed o Focused more on themselveso Had more accessible negative self constructso Had a bias toward pessimism rather than optimism especially in relation to self Back’s Cognitive Therapy for Depression Designed to identify and correct distorted conceptualizations and dysfunctional beliefso Help them change themselveso Consider whether youre interpreting things inaccurately, whether inaccurate thoughts are true or noto Challenge automatic thoughts 15-25 sessions at weekly intervals, short term therapy Interpretation and modification of distortions and dysfunctional beliefso Where they come from, how the developed themo Learn how to change dysfunctional beliefso Catch yourself thinking automatic thoughts Highly specific learning environment o Monitor negative automatic thoughts—catch yourself thinking negative thoughtso Recognize how these negative thoughts lead to problematic feelings and behaviorso Examine evidence for and against these thoughts—are thoughts accurate or noto If beliefs are not accurate and not based on whats really happening, substituted more reality based interpretationsEvaluation Positiveo Databaseo Testableo Comprehensive Doesn’t look at biological mechanismso Applicable Negative o
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