Question

The type of therapy based on the premise that the mind's activity depends on the brain and is genetically determined is ______ therapy.

Answer 1

The type of therapy based on the premise that the mind's activity depends on the brain and is genetically determined is called the cognitive therapy. It is a type of psychotherapy that commonly used as one of the therapeutic approaches for cognitive behavioral therapies. It is based on the idea that the degree of what we feel is determined by what we are thinking. Illnesses such as depression are though to be a result of wrong beliefs and thoughts. In this therapy, one goal is to correct wrong beliefs of a person in order to improve the emotional state and the perception of this person to certain events.