cognitive abnormality

How Do Cognitive Theorists Explain Depression?

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How Do Cognitive Theorists Explain Depression? Cognitive behavioral theorists suggest that depression results from maladaptive, faulty, or irrational cognitions taking the form of distorted thoughts and judgments. How would a cognitive behavioral psychologist explain depression? Cognitive behavioral therapy for depression is based on a theory that individuals with depression exhibit the “cognitive triad” of depression:

What Is Negative Cognitive Style?

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What Is Negative Cognitive Style? In particular, a negative cognitive style is defined as the tendency to attribute negative life events to stable causes that will persist over time, global causes that affect many areas of the individual’s life, and internal causes that are inherent to the person (Abramson, Seligman, & Teasdale, 1978), and to