BT Flashcards
Behavior therapy
-aims to change the factors in the environment that influence an individuals behavior as well as the ways in which individuals respond to their environment
Name 7 characteristics that are important for behavior therapy
1 Focus on behavioral change/expanding behavioral repertoire and response options
2 rooted in empiricism, hypothesis testing and evaluation
3 Behavior is a function of the environment and not the fault of the client
4 Focus on maintaining factors
5 supported by research
6 Active, structured, directive, creative
7 Transparent and collaborative
What are the 3 waves of behavior therapy
Behavioral
Behavioral + cognitive
Behavioral + cognitive + acceptance
What are 4 factors that underlie behavioral therapy
classical conditioning
operant conditioning
vicarious/observational learning
rule-governed/instructional learning
What are 4 kinds of reinforcement/punishment in operant conditioning
1 negative reinforcement = behavior is followed by removal of an aversive stimulus
2 positive reinforcement = behavior is followed by a rewarding stimulus
3 positive punishment = behavior is followed by an aversive consequence (eg. hitting/yelling)
4 negative punishment = behavior is followed by removal of a desired stimulus
What are 5 criteria for treatment planning
1 probability value (how likely is it)
2 problematic value
3 treatability
4 centrality (= is addressing the one problem going to have an influence on the other problems; vs end problem)
5 does it fit with the patient’s reason for therapy
Functional analysis
=aspect of behavioral assesment, aims to pinpoint maintaing factors
-ideally involves manipulating environmental variables and measuring their effect on target behavior
What is meant with ABC
A = antecedents of target behavior
B = behavior
C = consequences of behavior
—> Key variables assessed during functional analysis
behavioral assessment
identifies target behaviors
determining suitable treatment options
monitoring therapy progress
evaluating treatment outcomes
- various methods, with various informants
What are the 12 most important kinds of central techniques of behavior therapy
1 Behavioral assessment; interviews, observation, diaries, self-report scales, psych assessment
2 Treatment planning; setting goals, based on functional analysis or diagnostic profile
3 Exposure-based strategies
4 Response prevention = inhibiting unwanted behavior to break associations between stimulus and response
5 Operant-conditioning strategies; reinforcement-based or punishment-based
6 Relaxation training
7 Stimulus-control procedures = aim to correct problems related to stimulus control, particularly inappropriate stimuli
8 Modeling; learn to overcome fear by watching others confront a situation without fear
9 Behavioral activation (for depression)
10 Social skills training
11 Problem-solving training
12 Acceptance-based behavioral therapies
Target behavior
= the behavior that the client most wants to change
What are 8 shared characteristics of BT
1 Focus on behavioral change and expanding response options
2 Focus on empiricism, hypothesis-testing and evaluation
3 Supported by scientific evidence
4 Behavior is a function of the environment, not the patient’s fault
5 Focus on maintaining factors/current determinants of problem behavior
6 Focus on homework in patient’s real environment
7 Active, structured, directive and creative
8 Transparent and collaborative
What are 6 misunderstandings of BT
1 Coercive
2 Denial of deeper thoughts and feelings
3 Superficial and (only) addressing symptoms instead of (real) causes
4 Exclusive focus on present
5 Simplistic and manualized
6 Ignores therapeutic relationship
What is a meaning analysis and in which 2 ways can we break this
= exploring personal significance that clients attach to their experiences/thoughts/behaviors, in terms of reinforcement (US/CS)
- extinction (unlearning)
- inhibition (new learning)
Taking an empirical approach includes… (4)
1 awareness of your own biases about clients
2 awareness of biases about treatment
3 collecting data throughout the course of therapy to test hypothesis about maintaining factors
4 collecting data to evaluate intervention effects
