CBM Flashcards
cognitive behaviors
Verbal or imaginal responses made by the person that are covert, and thus not observable to others
Verbal or imaginal responses made by the person that are covert, and thus not observable to others
cognitive behaviors
Why might we care about these for behavior modification?
Cognitive behaviors elicit conditioned emotional responses
Cognitive behaviors affect other behaviors
stopping unwanted thoughts
1) thought stopping
2) thought replacement
thoughts, feelings, behaviors all connected
Cognitive Restructuring
process to change harmful thoughts
1) identify distressing thought
2) identify emotional response
3) replace distressing thought with rational thought
process to change harmful thoughts
Cognitive Restructuring
cognitive distortions
negative evaluations or interpretations of life events or logical errors in thinking that lead to negative mood or depressed behavior
negative evaluations or interpretations of life events or logical errors in thinking that lead to negative mood or depressed behavior
cognitive distortions
Common Cognitive Errors
All-or-nothing Overgeneralization Jumping to conclusions Disqualifying the positive Magnification/minimization Labeling/mislabeling Personalization Catastrophizing
Step three process:
Behavioral experiments
putting thoughts on trial
replacing negative thinking with more neutral
behavioral experiments
testing a negative prediction: clarify the expectation, confirm or disconfirm thought, how to collect evidence, commit to homework assignment, review
testing a negative prediction
behavioral experiments
3 questions for challenging thoughts
What is the evidence for and against it?
What are the alternative ways to think in this situation?
What are the implications of thinking this way?
