PSYB45H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Habituation, Reinforcement, Specific Phobia
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Cognitions: refer to thoughts, beliefs, expectancies, attitudes, perceptions. Cognitive behaviour therapy: uses cognitive and behavioural strategies to help modify problematic thinking and maladaptive behaviours that are contributing to psychological distress. Often draws on behaviour modification principles and methods, along with techniques focused on unhelpful or irrational thoughts. Cbt approaches have been (and continue to be) the focus of much empirical research in recent decades. Overall: strong support for therapeutic effects across a number of common psychiatric conditions, including: We can change our emotional and physiological reactions by modifying how we think or how we perceive a situation, as well as by modifying how we behave in response to a situation. How we interpret and react to events is based on our cognitions (beliefs, judgments, expectations, etc. ) about the events. Maladaptive cognitions can cause emotional and behavioural symptoms and disorders. Focus is on promoting more balanced thinking.
