Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Question 1

Classical/Pavlovian/respondent conditioning

Answer 1

antecedent stimulus controls behavior

Question 2

operant/instrumental conditioning

Answer 2

consequences control behavior

action outcome learning: pos/neg reinforcement

Question 3

action outcome learning

Answer 3

positive/negative reinforcement

Question 4

stimulus-response/habit-learning

Answer 4

antecedent controls behavior after reward has lost value

Question 5

mechanism of automatic thought generation (Beck)

Answer 5

compensatory strategy overwhelmed –> schema activated –> automatic thoughts –> feelings –> behavior

Question 6

automatic thoughts/cognitive distortions

Answer 6

reflexive (patient not really aware)
dichotomous thinking
arbitrary inference
overgeneralization
labeling and emotional reasoning
personalization
magnification and minimization
selective abstraction/mental filter
"should statements

Question 7

core beliefs/schemas

Answer 7

how individual interprets context relative to self;

failure schema, disappointment to others schema, unlovable schema, weak schema

Question 8

CBT treatment

Answer 8

12-20 sessions over 3-5m period; collaborative, so that patient becomes own therapist; problem oriented –> goal oriented, homework assignments