Chapter 9: Behavior Therapy Corey – Flashcards
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Behavior Therapy
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focuses directly on obserable behavior, determinants of behavior, learning experiences that promote changes
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Classical Conditioning
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refers to what happens prior to learning that creates a response through pairing
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Operant conditioning
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involves a type of learning in which behaviors are influences mainly by the consequences that follow them
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Social Learning Approach
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approach developed by Bandura and Walters; interactional, interdisciplinary, and multimodal
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Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT)
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operates on the assumption that what people believe influences how they act and feel
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Functional assessment (behavioral analysis)
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identify the maintaining conditions by systemically gathering information about the situational antecedents, the dimensions of the problem behavior, and the consequences of the problem
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ABC model
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situational antecedents, the dimensions of the problem behavior, and the consequences of the problem
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Antecedent events
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cue or elicit a certain behavior
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Consequences
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events that maintain behavior in some way
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Behavioral assessment interview
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therapist's task is to identify the particular antecedent and consequent events that influence, or are functionally related to, an individual's behavior
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Positive Reinforcement
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involves the addition of something of value to the individual as a consequence for a certain behavior
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Negative Behavior
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involves the escape from or the avoidance of an unpleasant stimuli
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Extinction
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refers to withholding reinforcement from a previously reinforced response
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Punishment
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the consequences of a certain behavior result in a decrease of that behavior
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Positive Punishment
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an aversive stimulus is added after the behavior to decrease the frequency of a behavior
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Negative Punishment
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a reinforcing stimulus is removed following the behavior to decrease the frequency of a target behavior
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Progressive Muscle Relaxation
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aimed at achieving muscle and mental relaxation and is easily learned
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Systematic Desensitization
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a basic procedure developed by Joseph Wolpe. Clients imagine successively more anxiety-arousing situation at the same time that they engage in a behavior that competes with anxiety.
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Exposure Therapies
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designed to treat fears and other negative emotional responses by introducing clients to situations that contributed to such problems
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In vivo flooding
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consists of intense and prolonged exposure to the actual anxiety-producing stimuli
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Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR)
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form of exposure therapy that entails assessment and preparation, imaginal flooding, and cognitive restructuring in the treatment of individuals with traumatic memories. Involves use of rapid, rhythmic eye movements
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Social skills training
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broad category; involves individual's ability to interact effectively with others in various social situations
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Assertion Training
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basic assumption is that people have the right to express themselves
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Self-management
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change can be brought about by teaching people to use coping skills in problematic situations
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Multimodal therapy
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comprehensive, systematic, holistic approach to behavior therapy developed by Arnold Lazarus
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Acceptance
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process involving receiving one's present experience without judgment or preference, but with curiosity and kindness
