Behavioral Therapy

Question 1

Focuses on…

Answer 1

• observable behaviors
• learning that promotes change
• assessment/evaulation

Question 2

Four Areas of Development

Answer 2

1. Classical Conditioning
2. Operant Conditioning
3. Social Learning Approach
4. Cognitive Behavior Therapy

Question 3

1. Classical Conditioning

Answer 3

In classical conditioning certain respondent behaviors, such as knee jerks and salivation, are elicited from a passive organism
Example: Pavlov’s dogs and the bell

Question 4

2. Operant Conditioning

Answer 4

Behaviors are influenced by the consequences that follow them

Question 5

3. Social Learning Approach

Answer 5

(learning from your environment)

Example: A child watches an older sibling tie his shoe and then learns to do it herself.

Question 6

4. Cognitive Behavior Therapy

Answer 6

Emphasizes cognitive processes such as a client’s self-talk, beliefs, values as mediators of behavior change
-what people believe influences how they act and feel

Question 7

Key Characteristics

Answer 7

• help people change maladaptive behaviors

- deal with clients current issues and factors that influence them

Question 8

Goals

Answer 8

clear/concrete objective terms
both short and long term- specific
clients actively participate in creating goals
realistic and measurable

Question 9

Clients are encouraged to…

Answer 9

provide feedback through session

participate in role plays

Question 10

Operant Conditioning Techniques

Answer 10

Positive reinforcement
Negative reinforcement
Extinction
Positive punishment - The addition of a noxious or aversive stimulus that leads to a decrease in a specific behavior
Negative punishment - The removal of a pleasant stimulus that leads to a decrease in a specific behavior
Reinforcement INCREASES response
Punishment DECREASES response

Question 11

Extinction

Answer 11

ceasing of a behavior because it is not reinforced