Jade and Omar both learn that they have not been selected for a school music group. Jade thinks, "I was not selected this time, but I can practise and try again." She continues playing music. Omar thinks, "This proves I am useless at everything." He feels low and stops taking part in activities.
State which element of Ellis's ABC model is represented by the students' quoted thoughts.
Using the information about Jade and Omar, explain why Ellis's ABC model is useful for understanding clinical depression.
144 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Psychology 3.2 Theories/Explanations, covering 3.2.1 Clinical characteristics of schizophrenia, 3.2.2 Key statistics of schizophrenia, 3.2.3 Dopamine hypothesis of schizophrenia, 3.2.4 Brain structure and function in schizophrenia; criticisms, 3.2.5 Social drift theory of schizophrenia, 3.2.6 Schizophrenia research study: Daniel et al. (1991), 3.2.7 Clinical characteristics of clinical depression, 3.2.8 Key statistics of clinical depression, 3.2.9 Social rank theory of clinical depression, 3.2.10 ABC Model of clinical depression, and 3.2.11 Clinical Depression research study: Tandoc et al. (2015). Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.