Cognitive Behavioral Theory

Question 1

What theory was developed by Ellis? (1960)

Answer 1

Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)

Question 2

What is the basis of REBT? (Ellis, 1960)

Answer 2

Pathology is rooted in irrational beliefs
People construct emotional difficulties and maladaptive behavior tendencies through irrational and self-defeating thinking, emoting, and behaving

Question 3

What prompts irrational beliefs (Ellis, 1960)

Answer 3

Develop from childhood experiences and personal dogmas

These persist through continued reinforcement of the beliefs

Question 4

What do irrational beliefs produce? (Ellis, 1960)

Answer 4

Produce emotional disturbances that produce maladaptive behaviors

Question 5

What is involved in the ABC model? (Ellis, 1960)

Answer 5

A - activating event
B - belief about the event (rational or irrational)
C - consequences

Question 6

What is involved in the DEF model? (Ellis, 1960)

Answer 6

D - dispute/challenge irrational belief
E - effective philosophy is developed
F - create new feelings

Question 7

What are the therapeutic interventions in REBT? (Ellis, 1960)

Answer 7

Educational process of directly teaching the patient how to identify irrational and self-defeating beliefs
Forcefully and actively question, dispute, and replace them with more rational and self-helping ones

Question 8

What is the citation for REBT?

Answer 8

Ellis, 1960

Question 9

What are the curative factors of REBT? (Ellis and Dryden, 1987)

Answer 9

Dispute irrational beliefs
Effective philosophy developed
Create new feelings
Once the ABCs are understood it becomes clear that the proper route to remove distressing consequences is in modifying irrational beliefs

Question 10

What is the citation for REBT curative factors?

Answer 10

Ellis and Dryden, 1987

Question 11

What is the citation for Beck’s perspective of CBT?

Answer 11

Beck, 1976

Question 12

What is Beck’s perspective of the development of pathology?

Answer 12

Due to faulty information processing (cognitive distortions) which are reinforced through learning throughout the lifespan
Enduring cognitive structures or ways of thinking (schemas) lead to cognitive vulnerability that gets triggered in certain situations

Question 13

What is involved in the negative cognitive triad? (Beck, 1976)

Answer 13

Negative thoughts of self
Negative thoughts of the world
Negative thoughts of the future

Question 14

What is the role of the therapist (per Beck)? (1976)

Answer 14

Help the patient understand their faulty information processing by identifying and challenging the cognitive distortions

Question 15

What are examples of cognitive distortions? (Beck, 1976)

Answer 15

Overgeneralization
Personalization
Magnification/minimization
All or nothing thinking

Question 16

What are the components of Beck’s CBT? (1976)

Answer 16

Collaborative process
Empirical investigation - see if thoughts are true
Reality testing
Problem solve

Question 17

What are the therapeutic techniques of Beck’s CBT? (1976)

Answer 17

Collaborative empiricism used to explore
Guided discovery through Socratic dialogue or hypothesis testing
Continuous evaluation through homework, rating scales, BDI