Psychology class: Suppressing negative thoughts good for mental health, UK researchers find
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Suppressing negative thoughts good for mental health, UK researchers find
Outline behavioural, emotional and cognitive characteristics of depression
Typically, the NHS recommend talking therapy such as CBT for depression. Outline CBT for depression, referring to specific strategies a therapist might use with a client
How does the article challenge ‘dogma in clinical psychology’?
Mamat and Anderson conducted an experiment to test the effectiveness of their thought suppression technique. Consider the following:
What were their IV and DV?
What might their hypothesis have been?
What sampling method did they use? What are the limitations of this?
Explain the purpose of the control group in this study
Explain why replication is important in psychology, referring to the article/study
Danny Galbraith, St Bartholomew’s School
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