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This document is a study guide for week six of a 3005PSY course. It provides an overview of cognitive theory and includes examples of cognitive biases, such as overgeneralization and catastrophic thinking. It emphasizes the importance of understanding automatic thoughts and core beliefs in shaping behaviour and emotions.

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3005PSY WEEK 6 Study online at https://quizlet.com/_d4f45z 1. Aaron Beck noticed similarities in patterns of thinking among patients modifying distorted thinking improves psych problems developed cognitive therapy in...

3005PSY WEEK 6 Study online at https://quizlet.com/_d4f45z 1. Aaron Beck noticed similarities in patterns of thinking among patients modifying distorted thinking improves psych problems developed cognitive therapy in 60 2. Cognitive Model specifies that the way we behave is a direct result of our thoughts 3. components of cognitive theory 4. situations get we have thoughts about the situation interpreted the way we behave leads to feeling certain emotions through a this reinforces the beliefs cognitive process and then 5. interpreting am- helps to protect us by latching onto explanations about biguous events events based on the past these interpretations help us to learn and grow problems can occur with biases in processing and this leads to behaving in maladaptive ways 6. bias in info pro- when confronted with stimuli you follow more similar pat- cessing terns of thinking 7. depression pat- negative view of self/world/future tern of thinking 8. anxiety pattern of overestimation of physical or psychological danger, sees thinking threats everywhere in ambiguous events 9. panic disorder catastrophic interpretation of physiological events pattern of think- ing 10. paranoia pattern attribution of bias of other's intents of thinking interprets physiological symptoms as a panic attack 1/7 3005PSY WEEK 6 Study online at https://quizlet.com/_d4f45z 11. suicidal ideation hopelessness regarding the future and deficiencies in pattern of think- problem solving ing 'stuck in a rut' thinking view external world in a negative way 12. cognitive distor- 'thinking traps' tions way of thinking biases 13. all or nothing classifying objects or events as absolutely right or wrong, thinking good or bad, acceptable or unacceptable, and so forth dichotomous black/white thinking 14. selective ab- selecting thoughts to support negative thinking straction eg focusing on 1 loss in a career of wins 15. mind reading knowing what others are thinking eg she thinks I'm an idiot 16. negative predic- believing that something bad is going to happen even tion though there is no evidence to support this prediction eg I just know I'll have a bad time 17. catastrophising Cognitive error where you exaggerate a minor setback and turn it into a major disaster 18. overgeneralisa- Cognitive error where you make a sweeping conclusion tion from a single incident eg I forgot my keys I can never remember anything 19. labelling/misla- magnify imperfections, minimise good parts beling 20. personalisation - making everything about you - 'why does it always rain on me?' 2/7 3005PSY WEEK 6 Study online at https://quizlet.com/_d4f45z 21. automatic quick evaluative (often negative) thoughts thoughts outcome of cognitive distortion not a result of reasoned deliberation may be outside conscious awareness 22. automatic your behaviour and emotions thoughts can affect 23. key component is to write down their thoughts and the situation that was of cognitive ther- happening, then tune in and analyse the patterns apy 24. automatic deeper, unconscious core beliefs that stem from early life thoughts experiences represent shaped from individual traits as well as world around us 25. core beliefs often competence and self worth center around rigid, global and overgeneralised triggered by current experiences 26. cognitive con- relevant early life experiences ceptualisation of core belief how core beliefs situation/critical incident form automatic thought - emo - behaviour 27. issues with core they continue to cause automatic thoughts/ cog distortions beliefs and then they don't get opportunities to refute core beliefs and just find evidence to support it 28. predisposing family experiences factors can childhood include early experience core beliefs 29. precipitating fac- situation/critical incident that triggers core belief tors can include 3/7 3005PSY WEEK 6 Study online at https://quizlet.com/_d4f45z 30. perpetuating fac- automatic thoughts tors cognitive distortions emotions behaviours accepting automatic thoughts as truth lack of experiences to discontinue belief 31. goal of cognitive explore and modify distorted thoughts, and thus alleviate therapy symptoms allow for cognitive flexibility 32. primary focus of is the present cognitive therapy occasional discussion of the past to explore core beliefs 33. psychoeduca- the goal is client to become their own therapist tion for client 34. approach w cog- is collaborative, involves active participation and home- nitive therapy work 35. empiricism for therapeutic relationship is collaborative, and they use em- cognitive therapy pirical evidence to test usefulness/validity of concerns assumptions treated as testable hypothesis 36. socratic dialogue therapist uses strategic questions to allow client to chal- lenge their beliefs rather than dictating them 37. guided discovery therapist serves as a guide to help design experiments to test new skills/interpretations 38. defining cogni- form of talk therapy tive therapy validated well empirically effective for many issues thoughts influence feelings and behaviour psych distress is a result of unhelpful thinking engage in problem solving and learning skills to change time sensitive 39. 4/7 3005PSY WEEK 6 Study online at https://quizlet.com/_d4f45z initial stage of ID the problem/build rapport cognitive therapy goal setting socialisation to therapy: elicit expectations psychometric assessments (eg Beck's depression inven- tory) psychoeducation about cognitive model situation/thought/emotion/behaviour active client participation ensure they understand the focus on thoughts 40. IDing emotions learn to ID emotions and behaviour rate intensity of emotion 41. link automatic Emotions 'when you had this thought then you felt anxious' thoughts to 42. link behaviour 'you supressed your idea and just went with hers' to automat- when you had that emotion what did you do next ic thoughts/emo- tion 43. ABC record antecendent: situation/critical incident belief: subsequent cognition consequence: emotions of this behaviour get client to do this as close to the incident as possible 44. evaluating auto- percentage of how much you believed the thought matic thoughts evaluate: evidence to support it, an alternative explana- tion, ID distortion, would you tell this to a friend? create doubt in belief of the thought 45. automatic evidence for thought evidence against evaluation table alternative thought emotional rating 46. ABCDEF antecedent belief: subsequent cognition 5/7 3005PSY WEEK 6 Study online at https://quizlet.com/_d4f45z consequence: emo/behaviour disputation: of the cognitions effect: of disputation functional: new beliefs 47. treatment com- address thoughts/beliefs around the behaviour instead of ponents of cogni- actual behavior tive therapy ID core beliefs w downward arrow technique progression from AT to core beliefs 48. questions to ask if it's true then what does that mean? to uncover core what's bad about that? beliefs what does that say about me? core beliefs are typically unconscious 49. goal of challeng- aim is to develop a more balanced belief system ing core beliefs experiences client has had to suggest this isn't 100% true 50. behavioural ex- are conducted to challenge the truth of maladaptive beliefs periments 51. cognitive contin- lay out a scale of extremes w belief on either side uum work eg a 100% a failure would look like this, 0% would look like this 52. maladaptive general patterns of thought that guide the ways in which schemas people perceive and interpret events in their environment 53. 5 main domain disconnection/rejection schemas impaired autonomy/performance impaired limits other directedness overvigilance and inhibition 54. Disconnection needs for caring and security won't be met and Rejection Domain 6/7 3005PSY WEEK 6 Study online at https://quizlet.com/_d4f45z 55. Impaired autono- Cannot function independently, will not manage responsi- my and perfor- bilities, will always fail mance Family of Origin overprotective parents who did every- thing, or failed to provide adequate direction (no reinforce- ment) Both extremes undermine development of self-confidence Adulthood: difficulty creating own identity/sense of self, set goals and develop skills 56. Impaired Limits difficulty respecting rights of others and being cooperative Domain 57. Other directed- putting needs of others first in order to be loved ness schemas 58. overvigilance beliefs one must suppress feelings and choices to meet and inhibition high expectations/performance 59. what can be pos- maladaptive in others itive/adaptive in some situations can be 60. compelling learned young/early childhood and reinforced by family schemas members 61. changeable not too difficult to change schemas 62. religious relatively unchangeable and very compelling schemas 63. cognitive-con- provides a way for storing/interpreting/making meaning of ceptual schema our world 64. challenging reinterpretation schemas done in modification 3 ways restructuring 7/7

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