Automatic thoughts

1. 
   ACCORDING TO BECK’S THEORY, WHAT MAKES US UNHAPPY?
   
2. 
   LIST AND EXPLAIN 2 COGNITIVE DISTORTIONS.
   
3. 
   WHAT ARE 3 OF THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR COGNITIVE THERAPY?
   
4. 
   WHAT ARE “AUTOMATIC THOUGHTS”, “ASSUMPTIONS” AND “CORE BELIEFS”? HOW DOES COGNITIVE RESTRUCTURING DEAL WITH EACH?
   
5. 
   WHY IS DEPRESSION SO DEBILITATING?
   
6. 
   WHAT ARE THE 3 ELEMENTS OF A NEGATIVE COGNITIVE TRIAD?
   
7. 
   GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF BOTH PRIMITIVE AND MATURE THINKING.
   

Leon Festinger: Cognitive Dissonance Theory

1. 
   HOW DOES SELECTIVE EXPOSURE AFFECT DISSONANCE?
   
2. 
   GIVE A REAL LIFE EXAMPLE OF POST-DECISION DISSONANCE.
   
3. 
   WHAT IS MINIMAL JUSTIFICATION?
   
4. 
   EXPLAIN THE METHOD USED IN THE FESTINGER/CARLSMITH STUDY.
   
5. 
   HOW DOES ELLIOT ARONSON INTERPRET THEIR STUDY?
   
6. 
   WHAT DOES DARYL BEM THINK ABOUT COGNITIVE DISSONANCE THEORY? HOW DID HE GO ABOUT PROVING THIS?
   
7. 
   ACCORDING TO COGNITIVE DISSONANCE THEORY, HOW SHOULD I GO ABOUT CHANGING A FRIEND’S SEXIST ATTITUDE?