Aarron Beck

Dr. Aaron T. Beck MD, a psychotherapist, is considered one the most influential people in modern cognitive psychology and is known as the “Father of Cognitive Therapy.” Cognitive psychology is the study of people’s mental processes between a stimulus and a response. Cognitive psychologists investigate a person is capability to perceive, work out, and solve problems through insight and the use of their memory. Similar to the operations of a computer, a human is …showed first 75 words of 687 total…

…showed last 75 words of 687 total…learning process occurs through repeating it as many times as it takes so the child is able to recite it on his/her own. Many of Beck’s patients hold false views of themselves, which can develop psychological problems within people. Some of the psychological problems that cognitive therapy can treat are; depression, anxiety, panic disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorders, eating disorders, bipolar disorders, schizophrenia, substance abuse as well as family abuse, criminal offense and even war.