CBT Flashcards
(49 cards)
Activity scheduling
(aka behavioral activation) Working with clients to schedule activities that increase the rate of naturally occurring positive reinforcement. Used for depression especially
Behavior therapy
The therapeutic application of scientific behaviorism (holds the premise that psychology is an objective, natural science and therefore is the study of observable and measurable human behavior; the study of the mind is unscientific)
Behavioral activation
The idea that changing behaviors will improve symptoms.
Classical v. operant conditioning
Classical conditioning involves an association or linking of one environmental stimulus with another. Operant conditioning is a form of behavior modification that involves manipulation of behavioral antecedents and consequences; rooted in learning. (“Behavior is a function of its consequences)
Exposure therapy
Clients are best treated by exposure to the very thing they want to avoid. Can be done in vivo, virtual reality, or imaginal
Mowrer’s Two Factor Theory of Learning
fear of a stimulus is learned through classical conditioning, and avoiding that stimulus (negative reinforcement) relieves that fear so the fear is maintained through operant conditioning.
Massed v. spaced exposure
A single prolonged session v. a series of shorter sessions
Virtual reality exposure
Particularly for acrophobia, flight phobia, spider phobia, and other anxiety disorders.
Interoceptive exposure
Target exposure stimuli are internal physical cues or somatic sensations. (Heart racing, out of breath, etc.)
Response and ritual prevention
Involves therapists guiding and supporting clients to not engage in an avoidance response. (Not washing hands for an OCD person.)
Participant modeling
Social learning- watching someone else tackle a feared situation
Functional Behavioral Analysis
Formal assessment of behavior contingencies: behavioral ABC’s: antecedents, behavior, consequences
Reinforcement v. punishment
Reinforcement is when a stimulus is applied that increases the likelihood of a behavior or an aversive stimulus is removed that increases the likelihood of a behavior; punishment is when a a stimulus is applied that reduces the likelihood of the behavior it follows or when the removal of a stimulus decreases the likelihood of the behavior it follows. Reinforcing a behavior makes it more likely to happen again; punishing a behavior makes it less likely to happen again.
Self-monitoring
Clients observe and record their own behaviors
Automatic thoughts
Arise from cognitive distortions (faulty assumptions and misconceptions), triggered by external or internal events.
Cognitive distortions
Faulty assumptions and misconceptions (catastrophizing, polarized thinking, mind reading, labeling, personalization)
Core beliefs or schemas
beneath automatic thoughts; view of self, world and others
Modeling
When individuals learn indirectly, from watching or listening to the experiences of others. (observational or vicarious learning)
Problem list
Includes client concerns in simple, descriptive, concrete terms
Psychoeducation
Focuses on information about client diagnosis, treatment process, prognosis, and intervention strategies.
Self-efficacy
The conviction that one can successfully execute the behavior required to produce an outcome. Can be improved through incentives, knowledge and skills, positive feedback, and successful performance accomplishment.
Social Learning Theory
A theoretical extension of operant and classical conditioning. Includes stimulus-influence components (classical conditioning) and consequence-influence components (operant conditioning), but also adds a cognitive meditational component. Its two main components are observational learning and person-stimulus reciprocity.
Socratic questioning
Used to inspire introspection and uncover a client’s method of reasoning.
Thought record
A system for clients to record the following after experiencing a strong emotional response: date and time, situation that elicited the emotional response, behaviors the client engaged in, emotions that were elicited, associated thoughts that occurred during the situation
