Behaviorism - 2nd Wave

Question 1

Key Names

Answer 1

John B Watson (Science of Observable Behavior)

Pavlov (Dog- Classical conditioning- involuntary response)

Skinner (Box- Operant conditioning- voluntary behavior)

Bandura (Social Learning Theory, Bobo doll)

Wolpe (Systematic Desensitization)

Meichenbaum (Stress Inoculation, Assertiveness Training)

Aaron Beck (Cognitive Therapy)

Question 2

Behaviorism Key Concepts

Answer 2

Define/label behaviors
Action-oriented: give out HW
Don’t need insight to change
Exposure therapy

Reinforcement
Extinction (remove food when bell is rung
Generalization(child scared of all white animals
Classical Conditioning
Operant Conditioning

Question 3

Goals of Behaviorism Therapy

Answer 3

Client actively involved in process of creating goals

Assessment- before, during and after

Increase personal choice

Create new conditions for learning

Question 4

Behavior Therapy Techniques

Answer 4

• Token Economy
• Progressive Relaxation
• Systematic Desensitization (Wolpe)

Question 5

CBT Blanket Term

Answer 5

-Focus in thinking and acting

Cognitive Therapy

REBT (Ellis)

CBM (Meichenbaum)

Question 6

REBT

Answer 6

3 Musts:
Must be Winning approval of others, Must be treated fairly, Must get what I want

ABC Framework:
Emotional Consequence (C) caused by individual’s Belief System (B) and not directly by the Activating Event (A)

People contribute to their own psychological problems by rigid and extreme beliefs

Clients encouraged to become less emotionally reactive

Learn to fully and unconditionally accept ourselves

Question 7

REBT Techniques

Answer 7

• Disputing irrational beliefs
• Doing cognitive homework
• Bibliotherapy- assigned reading
• Changing one’s language
• Psycho-Ed
• Rational Emotive Imagery
• Humor
• Role Play

Question 8

Cognitive Therapy Key Concepts

Answer 8

Aaron Beck

Collaborative Approach (undoing learning experiences to help client monitor automatic thoughts)

Collaborative Empiricism (look at data together vs therapist telling

Socratic Dialogue (using questions to have client find answers themselves)

Guided Discovery (figure out what’s happening together)

Cognitive Distortions

Question 9

Phases of Cognitive Therapy

Answer 9

Phase 1: Self-observation

Phase 2: Starting new internal dialogue

Phase 3: learning new skills

Question 10

DBT- Dialectical Behavior Therapy

Answer 10

Marsha Linehan

Mindfulness
Emotion Regulation
Distress Tolerance
Interpersonal Effectiveness

Goal of therapy:
Use dialectical thinking to reduce black and white thinking: everything is interconnected, Reality is not static, Truth is always evolving