PSYCH 215 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Cognitive Therapy, Software, David Rosenhan

• School: UMass Boston
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 215
• Professor: Elizabeth Eustis

Document Summary

Early 1960"s, albert ellis (1962) and aaron beck (1967) proposed that cognitive processes are at the center of behavior, thoughts and emotions, and we can best understand abnormal functioning by looking to cognition. Claimed clinicians must ask questions about the assumptions and attitudes that color a clients perceptions, the thoughts in their mind, and conclusions to which they are leading. Abnormal functioning can result from many cognitive problems. Some people may make assumptions and adopt attitudes that are disturbing and inaccurate. Illogical thinking processes: another source of abnormal functioning, people thinking in illogical ways and keep arriving at self defeating conclusions. Overgeneralization: the drawing of broad negative conclusions on the basis of a single insignificant event. E(cid:454): o(cid:374)e stude(cid:374)t (cid:449)ho (cid:272)ould(cid:374)"t re(cid:373)e(cid:373)(cid:271)er the date of colu(cid:373)(cid:271)us" (cid:448)o(cid:455)age spe(cid:374)t the rest of the day in despair. According to cognitive therapists, people can overcome psychological disorders by developing new more functional ways of thinking.