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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 …

…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.