Cognitive Behavioral Therapies

Question 1

According to Beck’s CBT, pathology is due to maladaptive _______

Answer 1

cognitive schemata

Question 2

What are some common cognitive distortions?

Answer 2

• Arbitrary inference (conclusions without evidence)
• Selective abstraction (paying attention to selective details)
• Dichotomous thinking
• Personalization
• Emotional reasoning

Question 3

Two features which CBT practitioners rely on, as taught by Beck, are _________ and _______.

Answer 3

Collaborative empiricism; Socratic dialogue

Question 4

Ellis’ rational emotive behavior therapy uses an A-B-C-D-E model. What do do these letters mean?

Answer 4

• Activating event/Antecedent
• Belief about the event
• Consequences (emotional and behavioral)
• Disputing techniques
• Effect of the techniques

Question 5

Meichenbaum’s Self-instructional training has five stages, which are:

Answer 5

• Cognitive modeling
• Overt external guidance
• Overt self-guidance
• Faded overt guidance
• Covert self-instruction

Question 6

Meichenbaum’s stress inoculation training teaches people to cope with with stressful situations through what three phases?

Answer 6

• Conceptualization/education
• Skills acquisition and consolidation
• Application and follow-through

Question 7

Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is based on the assumption that _____ is both universal and normal.

Answer 7

Pain

Question 8

In acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), pathology is thought to be caused by:

Answer 8

inflexibility of reactions overriding personal values

Question 9

Pain in acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT),, can be divided into _______, which is the pain we naturally feel, and _______, which is the mental suffering caused by attempts to resist the first kind of pain.

Answer 9

Clean pain; dirty pain

Question 10

The goal of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), is to use six core processes to address psychological inflexibility:

Answer 10

• Experiential acceptance
• Cognitive defusion (separation of self and feelings)
• Being present
• Awareness of self-as-context
• Values-based action
• Committed action

Question 11

This intervention was created to make Buddhist teachings more available and acceptable to Western medical practices.

Answer 11

Mindfulness-based stress reduction

Question 12

The goal of this therapy style is use mindfulness to help clients become self-aware and separate themselves from distressing thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.

Answer 12

Mindfulness-based CBT