Matias is having many negative thoughts about his performance at work. He thinks he is a loser and his boss is out to get him. He believes that only bad things happen to him. He has been feeling extremely depressed lately. Which approach would explain Matias's symptoms by focusing on his negative thought patterns? Sociocultural Psychodynamic Cognitive Behavioral

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Zechariah Burke

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15 November, 15:17

Matias is having many negative thoughts about his performance at work. He thinks he is a loser and his boss is out to get him. He believes that only bad things happen to him. He has been feeling extremely depressed lately. Which approach would explain Matias's symptoms by focusing on his negative thought patterns? Sociocultural Psychodynamic Cognitive Behavioral

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Parker Goodman · Answer 1

Cognitive

Explanation:

Cognitive approach: The term cognitive approach was first studied in the center for cognitive studies during 1960 by Miller, and it has initiated the cognitive approach.

In psychology, the cognitive approach is considered to be as one of the relatively modern approaches to human behavior that aims at the way an individual thinks. It demonstrates that an individual's thought processes hamper how he or she behaves.

In the question above, Matias's symptoms can be best explained in terms of cognitive approach.