Psychopathology Pathology results when process to self-actualize is stifled and people fail to develop their good natures. It is in this atmosphere of acceptance that leads to improvement in the client. Therefore, the client-therapist relationship is very important for therapeutic change. Despite the popularity of other theories, there were those that thought mental processes were one of the basic topics of psychology. It started with Bandura showing that modeling is conditioning at the cognitive level.
Cognitions follow the laws of behaviorism.
From the 1970 s to 1990 s cognitive behavioral approaches are the most popular and the most effective. Structure of Personality Cognitive states are the structural components of personality. One of these structures is the schema . A schema is a set of cognitive statements that an individual uses to help organize and interpret experiences. For example, a depressed person has a negative schema that leads to the interpretation of the world in a negative way and supports negative views of self.