Chapter 9-Behavior Therapy

Question 1

Behavior Therapy

Answer 1

Practitioners focus on directly observable behavior, current determinants of behavior, learning experiences that promote change, tailoring treatment strategies to individual clients, and rigorous assessment and evaluation

Question 2

Classical Conditioning

Answer 2

Respondent conditioning-refers to what happens prior to learning that creates a response through pairing–Pavlov

Question 3

Operant Conidtioning

Answer 3

Behaviors are influenced mainly by consequences that follow them

Question 4

Social Learning Approach

Answer 4

Social cognitive- Triadic reciprocal interaction among the environment, personal factors( beliefs, preferences, expectations, self-perceptions, and interpretations), and individual behavior

Question 5

Cognitive Behavior Therapy

Answer 5

Operates on the assumption that what people believe influences how they act and feel

Question 6

Functional Assessment/behavioral analysis

Answer 6

Identify the maintaining conditions by systematically gathering information about (A)situational antecedents, (B)the dimensions of the problem behavior, (C)consequences of the problem

Question 7

Antecedent events

Answer 7

Cue or elicit a certain behavior

Question 8

Behavioral Assessment Interview

Answer 8

Task is to identify the particular antecedent and consequent events that influence, or are functionally related to an individual’s behavior

Question 9

Positive Reinforcement

Answer 9

Addition of something of value to the individual as a consequence of a certain behavior

Question 10

Negative Reinforcement

Answer 10

Escape from or the avoidance of aversive stimuli

Question 11

Extinction

Answer 11

Withholding reinforcement from a previously reinforced response

Question 12

Punishment

Answer 12

Aversive control

Question 13

Positive/Negative Punishment

Answer 13

aversive control added or removed

Question 14

Progressive muscle relaxation

Answer 14

Method of teaching people to cope with the stresses produced by daily living. It is aimed at achieving muscle and mental relaxation and is easily learned

Question 15

Exposure therapists

Answer 15

Designed to treat fears and other negative emotional responses by introducing clients, under carefully controlled conditions, to situations that contributed to such problems

Question 16

In vivo flooding

Answer 16

Consists of intense and prolonged exposure to the actual anxiety-producing stimuli

Question 17

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing

Answer 17

Assessment and preparation, imaginal flooding, and cognitive restructuring in the treatment of individuals with traumatic memories

Question 18

Social skills training

Answer 18

Deals with individual’s ability to interact effectively with others in various social situations, used to help clients develop and achieve skills in interpersonal competence

Question 19

Self-management

Answer 19

Strategies include teaching clients how to select realistic goals, how to translate these goals into target behaviors, how to create an action plan for change, and ways to self-monitor and evaluate their actions

Question 20

Multimodal Therapy

Answer 20

Comprehensive, systematic, holistic approach to behavior therapy

Question 21

Mindfulness

Answer 21

Awareness that emerges through having attention on purpose, in the present moment, and nonjudgmentally, the the unfolding of experience moment by moment

Question 22

Acceptance

Answer 22

Receiving one’s present expereience without judgement or preference, but with curiosity and kindness, and striving for full awareness of present moment

Question 23

Self-compassion

Answer 23

Form of self-care when facing difficult situations