Personality Ch.16 (Beck,Ellis) – Flashcards
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Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
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A popular integrative therapy that combines cognitive therapy (changing self-defeating thinking) with behavior therapy (changing behavior).
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Aaron Beck
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Pioneer in Cognitive Therapy. Suggested negative beliefs cause depression.
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Schemas
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Mental organizations of information Used quickly and without intent. Produce cognitive distortions
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Cognitive Distortions
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Errors in reasoning. Ie: "If I don't succeed, no one will like me" (jumping to conclusions)
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Catastrophizing
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Anticipating every problem will lead to worst outcome
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Treatment for cognitive distortions
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Cognitive restructuring to build new schemas
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Script Theory
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Behaviors appropriate for continuity
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Cognitive Triad of depression
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The view that depression derives from adopting negative views of oneself, the environment or world at large.
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Beck Depression Inventory
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21 item test that assesses the presence and degree of depression in adolescents and adults
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Beck vs Ellis
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Beck doesn't dispute clients distortions Never used word irrational Disagrees with shoulds and musts as source of major distortions Self-talk does not provoke emotions Appropriate negative feelings are not responsible for depression
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Albert Ellis
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pioneer in Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy (RET), focuses on altering client's patterns of irrational thinking to reduce maladaptive behavior and emotions
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REBT
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Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy. Albert Ellis's form of therapy for psychological disorders. People create their own emotional consequences
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ABC Theory
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Activating event -> belief -> consequence -> disputing intervention -> effect -> feeling healthy
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Musturbatory Belief System
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Black and white thinking. Gives rise to extreme frustration anger and depression
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Ellis' Cognitive Therapy
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Shows clients how to recognize should and must thoughts. How to separate rational and irrational beliefs.
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Emotive-evocative therapy
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makes the clients act weird to practice being unconditionally accepted
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Behavioral Therapy
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focuses on changing behavior by identifying problem behaviors, replacing them with appropriate behaviors, and using rewards or other consequences to make the changes
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Desensitization
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reduction in emotion-related physiological reactivity in response to a stimulus
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What are the signs of efficient cognitive behavioral therapy
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1. Economy of time and effort 2. Rapid symptom reduction 3. Effectiveness with a large cross-section of clients 4. Solution oriented discussions 5. Long term results that last
