Chapter 9

Question 0

What are the four areas of development in Behavior therapy?

Answer 0

1. Classical conditioning
2. Operant conditioning
3. Social cognitive theory
4. Cognitive Behaviour therapy

Question 1

Who is the founder of Behavior Therapy?

Answer 1

B.F. Skinner
Albert Bandura
Arnold Lazarus

Question 2

What is classical conditioning?

Answer 2

It refers to what happens prior to learning that creates a response through pairing.

Question 3

What is operant conditioning?

Answer 3

It involves a type of learning in which in which behaviours are influenced mainly by the consequences that follow them.

Question 4

What is cognitive behavior therapy?

CBT

Answer 4

It represents the mainstream of contemporary behavior therapy and that is a popular theoretical orientation among psychologists.

Question 5

What is the social learning approach?

Answer 5

It is interactional, interdisciplinary, and multimodal. It involves a triadic reciprocal interaction among the environment, personal factors, and individual behavior.

Question 6

What are the seven key characteristics of behavior therapy?

Answer 6

1. It is based on the principles and procedures of the scientific method.
2. Behavior is not limited to overt actions a person engages in that we can observe.
3. It deals with the clients current problems and the factors influencing them, as app odes to analysis of possible historical determinants.
4. Clients are expected to assume an active role by engaging in specific actions to deal with their problems.
5. This approach assumes that change can take place without insight into underlying dynamics and without understanding the origins of a psychological problem.
6. Assessment is an ongoing process of observation and self-monitoring that focuses on the current determinants of behavior.
7. Treatment interventions are individually tailored to specific problems experienced by the client.

Question 7

What is the ABC model?

Answer 7

A- The dimensions of the problem behavior
B- the consequences
C- The problem

Question 8

What are antecedent events?

Answer 8

Cue or elicit a certain behavior.

Question 9

What are consequences?

Answer 9

Are events that maintain a behavior in some way, either by increasing or decreasing it.

Question 10

What is in vivo exposure?

Answer 10

It involves client exposure to the actual anxiety-evoked events rather than simply imagining these situations.

Question 11

What is flooding?

Answer 11

It refers to either in vivo or imaginable exposure to anxiety-evoking stimuli for a prolonged period of time.

Question 12

What is in vivo flooding?

Answer 12

It consists of intense and prolonged exposure to the actual anxiety producing stimuli.

Question 13

What is eye movement desensitization and reprocessing? EMDR

Answer 13

Is a form of exposure therapy that entails assessment and preparation, imaginal flooding, and cognitive restructuring in the treatment of individuals with traumatic memories.
The treatment involves rapid, rhythmic eye movements.

Question 14

What is dialectical behavior therapy? DBT

Answer 14

Is a promising blend of behavioural and psychoanalytical techniques for treating borderline personality disorders.

Question 15

What is mindfulness-based stress reduction? MBSR

Answer 15

It consists of the notion that much of our distress and suffering results from continually wanting things to be different from how they are.

Question 16

What is mindfulness-based cognitive therapy? MBCT

Answer 16

It is a comprehensive integration of the principles and skills of mindfulness applied to the treatment of depression.