What did Beck mean when he used the term core schemas?
a. Parallels of Ellis irrational beliefs; they are beliefs that interfere with peoples ability to get what they want in life.
b. Irrational beliefs that are related in a network. Beck applied the same set of irrational beliefs to all disorders.
c. Beliefs that are used every day to simplify our processing of information. Consistent with Becks psychoanalytic training, the beliefs are all in the conscious mind, or the ego.
d. The ways in which people conceptualize their innermost selves
e. Beliefs that develop from past experiences. They give us consistent ways of looking at situations.
Question 2
In Becks list of faults in information processing, what is meant by the term absolutistic dichotomous thinking?
a. Drawing a specific conclusion in the absence of supporting evidence or in the presence of contrary evidence.
b. Focusing on a detail taken out of context, ignoring other meaningful features of the situation, and labeling the whole experience on the basis of a fragment.
c. Drawing a general conclusion on the basis of one or more isolated incidents and applying the concept across the board to related and unrelated situations.
d. Placing all experiences in one of two opposite categories, such as flawless or defective, saint or sinner.
e. A tendency to relate external events to yourself when there is no basis for making such a connection.
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