Cognitive Behavioral therapy

Question 1

T or F: CBT is tx that change behavior by changing cognitions

Answer 1

TRUE

Question 2

T or F: CBT combines tx approaches of both cognitive and behavioral therapy

Answer 2

TRUE

Question 3

Basis of CBT

Answer 3

negative feelings result from faulty cognitive processing

Question 4

TorF: CBT is psychological problems that does not arise from distortions/faulty thought patterns

Answer 4

FALSE

Question 5

Define arbitrary inference

Answer 5

Making predictions about the future without sufficient evidence

Question 6

Define selective abstraction

Answer 6

Selective focus on details

focus on negative and not on the positive things; “ She doesn’t like me. She did not accept my invitation”

Question 7

Define Presonalizing

Answer 7

Assuming responsibility for negative events

“kasalanan ko”, “ she coughed in the middle of my spiel. Was I so offensive?”

Question 8

Defince polarized thinking

Answer 8

Seeing situation as all-or-nothing

kapag hindi ko nagawa, talo ako

Question 9

Cognitive Triad of depression

Answer 9

Negative views of self
Negative views of the world
Negative views of the future

“it’s all my fault”
“The world is a cruel place”
“I’ll never make it”

Question 10

Purposes of CBT

Answer 10

Examine self-verbalizations
Challenge them
Point out their irrationality
Substitute more adaptive self-verbalizations

Question 11

How do px learns to correct cognitive processing error?

Answer 11

Therapist questions their logic

Question 12

What questions to ask?

Answer 12

What is the evidence this is true?
What is the evidence that this is not true?
Is there another way of looking at this?

Question 13

T or F: Correction of cognitive errors results in mood change

Answer 13

TRUE

Question 14

Role of CB Therapist

Answer 14

assumes a direct teaching role and conveys the basic principles of cognitive therapy to the px
assumes the role of coach
active, problem-oriented and directive stance

Question 15

How many sessions are typically involved?

Answer 15

12-20 sessions

Question 16

CBT does not work to whom?

Answer 16

cannot comply with homework assignments

have difficulty forming a work alliance

Question 17

Defince behavior therapy

Answer 17

A scientifically-based approach to the understanding and tx of human prblems

Question 18

What are classical conditiong?

Answer 18

Involutary reflexes
Triggered y specific, uconditioned stimuli
New cues (or trigger) from external environment are paired with involutary reflexes
Learning occurs
New cues become conditioned stimuli- can elicit an involutary reflex

Question 19

Define operant behavior

Answer 19

response that is increased or decreased as afunction of events that followed them

Question 20

Define stimulus control and discrimination

Answer 20

an individual learns to respond differently to two similar predicitive cues through differntial reinforcement

Question 21

Define generalization

Answer 21

when stimuli that resemble a predictive cue become cues to the operant behavior

Question 22

goals of behavioral therapy

Answer 22

to change a person's behavior
to improve daily functioning
to reduce emotional stress
to enhance relationships
to maximize human potential

Question 23

Who benefits on behavioral therapy?

Answer 23

have abnormal behavior patterns in need of correction