PSYB45H3 Chapter 27: Chapter 27
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Chapter 27 cognitive behaviour modification cognition: belief, thought, expectancy, attitude, or perception. Cognitive therapists help clients overcome difficulties by getting rid of unproductive, debilitating thoughts or beliefs and adopting more constructive ones. Cognitive therapist and behaviour modifiers both agree that the criterion for judging the effectiveness of any treatment is the amount of measurable improvement that occurs in the clients behaviour cognitive therapy/cognitive behaviour modification procedures: Beck does not emphasize the tendency of clients to catastrophize or awfulize nearly as much as ellis. Beck takes a gentler, less confrontational approach when discussing clients irrational beliefs. Ellis attempts to change beliefs by disputing them aggressively through relentless logical arguments. Self-instructions are effective for such relatively specific tasks as controlling siumpulsiveness, increading assertiveness, and improving leisure skills. Complex issues such as social anxiety and personality disorders have been less successful with self-instruction. Developed self-instructional training to help children control impulsive behavior.
