PSY 212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Cognitive Restructuring, Self-Control, Psy
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Individual who is the targe of intervention acts as his or her own therapis- together with outside guidance learns to control antecedents and consequence of behavior behavior modification e. g. movie after weightloss. Involves systematically rewarding self to increase or decrease occurrence of a. Positive reward involves rewarding with something desirable after successful. Negative reward involves removing aversive factor in environment after. Positive self punishment involves the administration of unpleasant stimulus to. Negative self punishment consists of withdrawing a postivie reinforce in the environemtn when undesirable behavior is performed (e. g. ripping up money) Studies show: punish undesirable behavior (e. g. adding a shock) successful modification. Positive self punishment works better than negative self punishment. Self punishment works better if it is coupled with self rewarding techniques. A form of self punishment: an individual foms a contract with someone e. g. therapist, detailing what rewards or punishments are contingent on the performance or nonperformance of behavior.
