EPPP Psychology

Category - Treatment, Intervention, Prevention, and Supervision

Beck’s development of cognitive therapy focused on treatment of depression. His theory included the idea of a negative triad, made of negative schemas and cognitive biases, which fuel each other. Which of the following is NOT one of the cognitive biases included in this theory?
  1. Arbitrary inference
  2. Magnification
  3. Minimization
  4. Irrationalism
Explanation
Answer: D - Irrationalism is not a specific cognitive bias identified by Beck. His proposed cognitive biases are: arbitrary inference, magnification, minimization, selective abstraction, and overgeneralization. Those biases contribute to irrational thoughts responses to life events.
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