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| All organisms pay attention to the consequences of their actions. Actions that are followed by pleasurable consequences are more likely to recur, whereas actions that are followed by unpleasant consequences are less likely to recur. (thorndike) |
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| John Watson (little Albert) |
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| Goals of Behavioral Therapy |
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Alter observable behavior that is causing distress/impairment within an individuals life.
Emphasis on empirically evidence (i.e., behaviors and hypothesis must be testable)
Anecdotal evidence is NOT acceptable.
Emphasis on regularly collecting data during treatment. Why? (to back up to find if it works) |
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| Scientific Method of Behavioral Psychotherapy |
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Observe the phenomenon
Developing hypotheses to explain problem
Test hypothesis through experimentation
Observing the outcome of the tests
Revising the hypotheses |
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| When stimuli similar to that of the CS in presentation (e.g., sight, sounds, smells) elicit CR’s similar to those of the original CS without actual pairing. Side note: the less similar the stimuli is to the CS, the weaker the response. |
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| The tendency to respond differently to two similar stimuli. |
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| Higher Order Conditioning |
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| When a NS is paired with a CS to elicit a CR. Eventually the NS becomes a CS2 and elicits the CR without the original CS being present. |
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| Using the extinction process without allowing for escape. Aka Exposure with Response Prevention |
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| Common areas of use in exposure therapy |
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Anxiety Disorders
Depression
Autism
Parent Training
Schizophrenia
Drug Treatments. Overdoses? |
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| Antecedents, Behaviors, Consequences |
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Food
Touch/sex
Money
Attention
Services
Humor |
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Pain
Social embarrassment
Verbal reprimands
Timeout
Speeding Tickets? |
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| No longer present the reinforcer or punisher. Most effective with reinforcers. |
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| Immediate increase in behavior when extinction is implemented. |
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| Schizophrenia, classrooms, parenting, work etc. |
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| I/O Psychology, sales, school….LIFE! |
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| Reinforcing successive approximations to the ultimate goal |
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| Operant conditioning therapy techs |
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Contingency management
extinction
token economies
behavioral activation
parental training skills
teaching
drug treatment |
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Based on Lewinsons Theory that depression is a result of lack of response contingent reinforcement within the environment.
Thus increasing behavior makes it more likely for a person to com into contact with reinforcement. |
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| earning when and how to reinforce and punish child's behaviors. CONSISTENCY. |
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| Learning curves, quizzes to increase class attendance, data suggestion mastery of knowledge (i.e., grades). |
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| ecognizing SD’s, frequent coping behaviors, reinforcers related to those behaviors. |
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| still alive dealt with depressed patients |
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| Founder of cog psyco (addressed thoughts) |
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| Significant overlap with behavioral therapy which is why it is often referred to as cognitive-behavioral therapy |
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Identify situation in which negative cognitions/behaviors/feelings occur
Identify “negative Automatic Thoughts” (NAT)
Identify common thought errors
Describe emotions related to thoughts
Disputing questions to test accuracy of NAT
Create a rational response |
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Assign % of belief that the NAT is correct
takes time to become aware. |
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| Applying a low rate event to the masses. (Racism) |
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| Discounting the Positive/Mental Filtering |
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| : not placing enough importance on success or attributing it to other events/chance |
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| Taking full responsibility for negative events and not placing emphasis on the context and other variables |
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| I feel it is true so it must be true |
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| Thoughts that are true or based on fact that are not useful/cause problems |
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| say everything will be fine |
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| Brief sentence that summarizes what the evaluation of the original NAT was based off of evidence. Often times is much more neutral than the original NAT and based on reality or higher percentages of likelihood. |
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