PSYO 2220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy, Aaron T. Beck, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
8 Feb 2017
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Greatly changed the outlook for a number of mental disorders. Can limit rather than enhance our understandings. Treatments produce significant undesirable (negative) effects: there has been a shown link between adolescents and young adults that increased suicidal thoughts is linked to antidepressants. Behaviour model: concentrates wholly on behaviors and environmental factors, bases explanations and treatments on principles of learning, early pioneers. Albert bandura social learning or cognitive-behaviour therapy. Stanley rachman, recently retired from university of. British columbia, is one of the original founders of the behaviour therapy approach: behaviour therapy tends to be time-limited and direct, strong evidence supporting the efficacy of behaviour therapy, model began in laboratories where conditioning studies were conducted. All may produce normal or abnormal behaviour. Positive reinforcement: behaviours followed by pleasant stimuli are strengthened. Negative reinforcement: behaviours that terminate negative stimulus are strengthened. Reward a sequence of responses that approximate.
