What is Aaron Beck's theory and what aspect of that theory relates to the psychological perspective in the human lifespan?

 

Step-by-step explanation

Aaron Beck's theory believes that a person's experiences result in cognitions or thoughts. These cognitions are connected with schemas, which are core beliefs developed from early life, to create our view of the world and determine our emotional states and behaviors. Beck believed that disorders are maintained by negative attitudes and distorted thinking. And by these beliefs he developed the cognitive therapy, which is based on the belief that what we think influences how we feel, behave, and react to our environment. His therapy was first developed for his patients who are suffering from depression. Beck believed that thoughts, feelings and behavior are all linked together. In psychological perspective, he believed that individuals who developed a negative self schema are prone to depression. He claimed that negative schemas may be acquired in childhood as a result of a traumatic event. And a very stressful life event can activate this negative schema later in life. When these negative schemas are activated, illogical thoughts or cognitive biases would tend to dominate the thinking. They then become prone to making illogical errors in their thinking and tended to focus selectively on certain aspects of situation while ignoring equally relevant information. When someone thought negatively, they then felt bad which causes them to behave poorly which will later on become a cycle, is the simple explanation of his theory. Beck's therapy centered on altering these negative thoughts. He concluded that when you change the thoughts, you can also change the behavior. This theory contributed to the growth of cognitive psychology in many ways. This opened the door for new ideas in psychology and many other theories had been created by other professionals in the field.