Cognitive Approach

The cognitive approach is not likely to use which of the following methods?

• lab experiments

• self reports

• observations

• case studies

The cognitive approach is primarily concerned with our.......

• unconscious processes

• internal mental processes

• biological processes

• behaviours

Which of the following is not an example of an internal mental process?

• language

• memory

• perception

• aggression

The computer analogy sees the human mind operating like a computer, where we input information > store it and then?

• output it

• lose it

• change it

Which of the following is not a memory store according to the multistore model of memory?

• sensory

• episodic

• short term

• long term

Schemas can be described as (select all / any that are true) .....

• stored mental representations of our world

• previous bias or stereotypes

• derived from past experiences

• expectations and stored knowledge

Cognitive Psychology sees mental illness as....

• caused by learnt behaviour

• caused by dysfunctional thinking

• caused by dysfunctional brain activity

• caused by repressed past trauma

Which of the following is NOT one of the components of the CBT cognitive triad?

• thoughts of self

• thoughts of others

• thoughts of positivity

• thoughts of the future

The dysfunctional thought diary asks patients in CBT to make a note of their....

• automatic negative thoughts

• automatic positive thoughts

• pleasant activities

• behaviours

cognitive restructuring encourages clients to .....

• change their behavioural response

• avoid their thoughts

• confirm their negative beliefs

• challenge reality of their thoughts