The Cognitive
Triad
The Cognitive Triad
Thoughts
It is the easiest of •
the three to
report because
they can be
communicated •
exactly as they
occur to you in
your stream of
consciousness.
Emotions and Feelings
Behaviors
These are your
actions, this means if
you are using action
words to describe how
you feel, you are
Feelings are the conscious
probably describing
experience of emotional
the behavior the
reactions. It is the side product
feeling that makes
of your brain perceiving an
emotion and assigning a certain you act or want to
enact.
meaning to it.
Emotions are reactions to
threat, reward, and everything
in between that is associated
with bodily reactions.
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How Does the Cognitive Triad Works?
Behavior:
Avoid the
virus
Thoughts:
The virus can kill me.
Activating Event:
COVID 19 Pandemic
Feelings: Fear, Anger, Anxiety
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