PSYC 4060 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Existentialism, Hedonism, Operant Conditioning
19 Oct 2014
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A theory of personality and a method of psychotherapy. Emotional consequences are created by the individual"s belief system. Views cognition and emotion integratively, with thought, feeling, desires and action interacting with each other. It is a comprehensive cognitive-affective-behavioural theory of practice and psychotherapy. Considers the importance of both mind and body or of thinking feeling ,wanting and of behaviour. Humans precieve, think , emote and behave simultaneously they are cognitive, conative and motoric all the same time. Rept is in many respects existential , phenomenologically oriented therapy because its goals overlap with the usual existentialist goal of helping clients to define their own freedom , cultivate individuality. Emphasizes the biological aspects of human personality. Emphasizes that people nonetheless have the choice of changing their dysfunctional behaiors and specifically shows them many ways of doing so. Stresses flexible thinking and behaving that helps them remove the rigidities to which they often easily fall victim.
