The constant failures of behaviorists to take feelings seriously led to this theory's rise to prominence. The idea for this movement was to integrate mental events into the behavioral framework, rather than reject the behavioral principals. This theory suggests that depression is caused by maladaptive, faulty, or irrational cognitions(an information processing view of an individual's psychological functions. These take the form of thoughts and judgments that are not necessarily coherent.
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The Cognitive theory suggests that depressed people think differently than no-depressed people, which causes more depression. There are many theorists that have different views of this theory. Some think that it is the bad and negative thoughts that lead directly to depression. There may be a direct relationship between the amount of negative thoughts and the severity of their symptoms of depression. In other words, if you only have negative thoughts, you will be very depressed.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognition
http://www.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=doc&id=13006&cn=5
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