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2.5 BECK’S COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL
MODEL
Beck (1976) developed a psychotherapy that emphasizes the
role of thinking in how we feel and what we do.
The cognitive-behavioural model is based on the idea that our
thoughts cause our feelings and behaviours, not external things,
like people, situations, and events. The benefit of this fact is that
we can change the way we think to feel / act better, even if the
situation does not change.
Many cognitive distortions are also logical fallacies.
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All-or-nothing thinking (splitting) – Conception in
absolute terms, like "always", "every", "never", and "there is
no alternative". (See also "false dilemma" or "false
dichotomy".

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Overgeneralization – Extrapolating limited experiences
and evidence to broad generalizations. (See also faulty
generalization and misleading vividness.)

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Magical thinking - Expectation of certain outcomes based
on performance of unrelated acts or utterances. (See also
wishful thinking.)

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Mental filter – Inability to view positive or negative features
of an experience, for example, noticing only tiny
imperfection in a piece of otherwise useful clothing.

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Disqualifying the positive – Discounting
experiences for arbitrary, ad hoc reasons.

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Jumping to conclusions – Reaching conclusions (usually
negative) from little (if any) evidence.

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