Cognitive Therapy Key Terms Flashcards
What is the A-B-C Model of Personality?
A temporal sequence of antecedents, behavior, and consequences; emphasizes changing beliefs to alter problematic emotions and behaviors.
What are Arbitrary Inferences?
Cognitive distortions that involve drawing conclusions without supporting evidence.
What are Automatic Thoughts?
Maladaptive thoughts that arise reflexively and without conscious deliberation.
What is Cognitive Behavior Modification (CBM)?
A therapeutic approach focused on changing client self-verbalizations.
What is Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT)?
A treatment approach that targets changing cognitions to address psychological issues.
What are Cognitive Distortions?
Misconceptions or faulty assumptions, including arbitrary inference, selective abstraction, overgeneralization, magnification, minimization, labeling, and personalization.
What is the Cognitive Narrative Perspective?
Focuses on the stories individuals tell about themselves and their lives.
What is Cognitive Restructuring?
Actively changing maladaptive thought patterns and replacing them with constructive and adaptive thoughts.
What is Cognitive Structure?
The organizing aspect of thinking that monitors and directs thought patterns.
What is Cognitive Therapy (CT)?
Attempts to modify faulty thinking and beliefs to change emotions and behaviors.
What is the Cognitive Triad?
A pattern of negative thoughts about oneself, the world, and the future that triggers depression.
What is Collaborative Empiricism?
Viewing the client as a scientist to examine their thoughts and test hypotheses.
What is the Constructivist Approach?
A recent development emphasizing subjective frameworks and interpretations of client beliefs.
What is the Constructivist Narrative Perspective?
An approach focusing on personal stories and their significance.
What is a Coping Skills Program?
A behavioral method for helping clients deal with stressful situations by modifying thinking patterns.
What is Dichotomous Thinking?
A cognitive error categorizing experiences in extremes.
What is Distortion of Reality?
Erroneous thinking disrupting life, which can be corrected with objective appraisals.
What is the Generic Cognitive Model?
Principles for applying cognitive therapy to a variety of problems.
What is Homework in therapy?
Carefully designed assignments to help clients dispute self-defeating thinking and promote change.
What is Internal Dialogue?
Inner self-talk often tied to maladaptive patterns.
What is an Irrational Belief?
Unreasonable convictions causing emotional and behavioral problems.
What is Labeling and Mislabeling?
Portraying identity based on imperfections or mistakes.
What are Magnification and Minimization?
Distorting situations by making them appear greater or lesser than they are.
What is Musterbation?
Rigid thinking where individuals believe they must, should, or ought to act in certain ways.
