Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Psychology

Chapter

Therapeutic Approaches

Question:

Assertion: Core Schemas are ways of thinking which are general in nature but which distort the reality in a negative manner.
Reasoning: The patterns of negative thoughts such as “nobody loves me”, “I am ugly”, “I am stupid” etc are called dysfunctional cognitive structures.

Options:

Both Assertion (A) and reasoning (R) are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.

Both Assertion (A) and reasoning (R) are correct and but R is not correct explanation of A.

Assertion (A) is true but Reasoning (R) is not Correct

Assertion (A) is false but Reasoning (R) is true.

Correct Answer:

Assertion (A) is false but Reasoning (R) is true.

Explanation:

Cognitive distortions are ways of thinking which are general in nature but which distort the reality in a negative manner. These patterns of thought are called dysfunctional cognitive structures. They lead to errors of cognition about the social reality