Transcript Psychology Project

Psychology Project
Joyce Chavis
Chinenye Duruaku
Monai Smiley
Beck Cognitive Therapy
Aaron T. Beck (1967-1970) cognitive therapy
that focus on illogical thought processes.
Beck has therapist- through using persuasion
and logic to change existing beliefs.
The therapist’s goal is to demonstrate to a client
that their automatic thinking may be incorrect
and that things are not as bad they seem.
Maladaptive Thought Patterns
Overgeneralization- making blanket
judgments about oneself.
Polarized Thinking- categorizing
information in two categories.
Selective Attention- focusing on only one
detail of many.
Examples…
Most people don’t like me.
I’m a failure.
People always criticize me.
Beck Cognitive Therapy
The goal of Beck’s cognitive therapy is to
change the way people think.
He believed that depressed people blame
themselves instead of their circumstances.
Beck also believed that depressed people
focus on only negative events and ignore
the positive events.
Questions?
1. When a person says “If I wear this dress,
people will think I’m fat.” what is this called?
2. What exactly did Beck focus on in his theory?
3. How would a therapist respond to a person
who believes they never have a good time?
4. Why does Beck want to change the way
people think?
5. Would homeless people feel that receive
selective attention? Why?