Title: 
Headings:  COGNITIVE CONCEPTUAlIzATION
COGNITIVE
 
CONCEPTUAlIzATION

THE
 
COGNITIVE
 
mODEl

BEl
IEfS

I’m
incompetent.

Attitudes,
 
Rules,
 
and
 
Assumptions

REl
 
ATIONSHIP
 
Of
 
BEHAVIOR
 
TO
 
AUTOmATIC
 
THOUGHTS


 
More
 
Complex
 
Cognitive
 
Model

Sally’s
 
Core
 
Beliefs

Sally’s
 
Attitudes,
 
Rules,
 
and
 
Assumptions

Sally’s
 
Coping
 
Strategies

Sally’s
 
Automatic
 
Thoughts

Sequence
 
Leading
 
to
 
Sally’s
 
Depression


Content: beliefs. BEl
IEfS
Beginning
  
in
  
childhood,
  
people
  
develop
  
certain
  
ideas
  
about
  
them-
selves,
 
other
 
people,
 
and
 
their
 
world. Their
 
most
 
central
 
or
 
core
 
beliefs
 
are
 
enduring
 
understandings
 
so
 
fundamental
 
and
 
deep
 
that
 
they
 
often
 
do
 
not
 
articulate
 
them,
 
even
 
to
 
themselves. The
 
person
 
regards
 
these
 
ideas
  
as
  
absolute
  
truths—just
  
the
  
way
  
things
  
“are”
  
(Beck,
  
1987). For
 
example,
 
Reader
 
E,
 
who
 
thought
 
he
 
was
 
too
 
unintelligent
 
to
 
master
 
this
 
text,
 
frequently
 
has
 
a
 
similar
 
concern
 
when
 
he
 
has
 
to
 
engage
 
in
 
a
 
new
 
task
 
(e.g.,
 
learning
 
a
 
new
 
skill
 
on
 
the
 
computer,
 
figuring
 
out
 
how
 
to
 
put
 
together
 
a
 
bookcase,
 
or
 
applying
 
for
 
a
 
bank
 
loan). He
 
seems
 
to
 
have
 
the
 
core
 
belief,
 
“I’m
 
incompetent.” This
 
belief
 
may
 
operate
 
only
 
when
 
he
 
is
 
in
 
a
 
depressed
 
state,
 
or
 
it
 
may
 
be
 
activated
 
much
 
of
 
the
 
time. When
 
this
 
core
 
belief
 
is
 
activated,
 
Reader
 
E
 
interprets
 
situations
 
through
 
the
 
lens
 
of
 
this
 
belief,
 
even
 
though
 
the
 
interpretation
 
may,
 
on
 
a
 
rational
 
basis,
 
be
 
patently
 
invalid. Reader
  
E
  
tends
  
to
  
focus
  
selectively
  
on
  
information
  
that
  
confirms
 
his
  
core
  
belief,
  
disregarding
  
or
  
discounting
  
information
  
to
  
the
  
con-
trary. For
  
example,
  
Reader
  
E
  
did
  
not
  
consider
  
that
  
other
  
intelligent,
 
competent
 
people
 
might
 
not
 
fully
 
understand
 
the
 
material
 
in
 
their
 
first
 
reading.