cognitive therapy

NAME OF STUDENT

UNIT TITTLE : COGNITIVE THERAPY

NAME OF SCHOOL :Cognitive Distortions

Cognitive distortions are inappropriate ideas and thoughts realized under cognitive therapy . Such thoughts bring about negative thinking which results in negative emotions . Dealing with such distortions and negative thinking causes better mood and avoids deformities , like depression and anxiety . Cognitive restructuring is a study related to dealing with such distortions

Development of Schemas

A Schema (from the word Schemata , represents a mental setup , that shows a real life situation . The study of schemas show planned knowledge

as a connection of mental structures which represents a world 's explanation . Schemata provides automatic thoughts which reduce the thinking required . New perceptions are organized in to schemata resulting in effective actions without much effort . For example , we all have a spoon feeding schema and we can feed without difficult in darkness . Schemata can affect and prevent the use of acquired new information , like when original stereotypes make one to see an event that has not occurred because it is as per his schema . For example when a child slaps an adult , an onlooker may want to believe that it is the adult who slapped the child . Schemata have a relationship and many conflicting ones can be used on a similar information /data . When one schemata is activated , the related schemata is affected . The schema which is selected depends on activation , accessibility and timing

Accessibility refers to how fast a schema comes into play . It depends on past...