Lecture Cognitive Behaviour Modification Flashcards

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What is cognitive behaviour?

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Covert events that involve self-talk or imaginal behaviour. Is also called “private events.”

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What are some examples of behavioural excess?

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Depression, obsessions/ruminations, fears/phobias, or chronic worry.

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3
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What are some examples of behavioural deficits?

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Poor decision making or poor problem solving.

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4
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When defining cognitive behaviour, what are two things you must identify?

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  1. The occurrence of specific thoughts and images, as well as specific behaviours (not just labels for this behaviour).
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5
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Where is the problem of circular reason present in cognitive behaviour?

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The observed behaviour is given a label. That label is then used as the explanation for the behaviour.

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Where are the causes of behaviour found?

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In the environment.

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What are the 4 functions of cognitive behaviour?

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  1. Conditioned stimuli.
  2. EO.
  3. Discriminative stimuli for other operant behaviour.
  4. Reinforcer or punisher.
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How can cognitive behaviour function as a CS?

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Thoughts or images can elicit anxiety, anger, or sexual arousal.

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How can cognitive behaviour function as an EO?

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Imagining a positive outcome of an action a fearful thought is an establishing operation for escape.

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How can cognitive behaviour function as a discriminative stimuli for operant behaviour?

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Self instructions, problem solving, decision-making can lead to successful behaviour.

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How can cognitive behaviour function as a reinforcer or punisher?

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Self-praise, self-criticism following behaviour.

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12
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What are the two types of cognitive behaviour modification?

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Cognitive restructuring and cognitive coping skills.

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13
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What is the goal of cognitive restructuring?

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To replace distressing thoughts with more desirable thoughts.

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What are the 3 steps in cognitive restructuring?

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  1. Identify the distressing thoughts and the situations where they occur.
  2. Identify the emotional response, mood, or behaviour that follows (from self-report or self-monitoring).
  3. Help the client replace distressing thoughts with functional thoughts.
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What are Beck’s 3 questions when challenging the client’s distorted thinking?

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  1. Where is the evidence?
  2. Are there alternative explanations?
  3. What are the implications?
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16
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List the 7 cognitive distortions talked about in class.

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  1. All-or-nothing thinking.
  2. Overgeneralization.
  3. Disqualifying the positive.
  4. Jumping to conclusions.
  5. Magnification and minimization.
  6. Labelling.
  7. Personalization.
    Remember JALOP MD
17
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What is personalization?

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Taking responsibility for things you are not responsible for.

18
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What is labelling?

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Basing opinions off feelings rather than discrete events.

19
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Beck’s cognitive therapy for depression focuses on…

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Activity, mood, and cognitive behaviour.

20
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Cognitive therapy for depression is a ___ ___ therapy.

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Time limited.

21
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True or false? Beck’s cognitive therapy is used only for depression.

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False, can be applied to other problems as well.

22
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Outline the steps in cognitive therapy for depression.

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  1. Activity log to look at behaviour and mood.
  2. Behavioural assignments to increase activity level.
  3. Assess activity-mood relationship.
  4. Assessment of cognitive behaviour.
  5. Assess cognitive behaviour-mood relationship.
  6. Cognitive restructuring.
  7. Transfer of skills to the client.
23
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What are the 3 types of cognitive coping skills training?

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  1. Self-instructional training.
  2. Self inoculation training.
  3. Problem solving training.
24
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What are the 4 steps in self-instructional training?

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  1. Identify the problem situation and desirable behaviour.
  2. Identify the self-instructions to be used in the situation.
  3. Teach self-instructions and immediate reinforcement.
  4. Use the self-instructions in the problem situation to guide desirable behaviour.
25
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What are the 5 steps in problem solving training?

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  1. Develop a problem solving orientation.
  2. Define the problem to be solved.
  3. Generate possible solutions through brainstorming.
  4. Evaluate each potential situation.
  5. Put the plan into action and evaluate how it works.
26
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What are the 4 steps in stress inoculation training?

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  1. Identify self-statements that contribute to stress/anxiety and the situations in which they occur.
  2. Generate new coping self-statements to be used in 4 phases.
  3. Rehearse coping self-statements in role-plays of the difficult situation.
  4. Practice progressively more stressful situations in the natural environment.
27
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In generating new coping self-statements in stress inoculation, what are the 4 phases?

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  1. Preparing for the stressor.
  2. Confronting the stressor.
  3. Being overwhelmed by the stressor.
  4. Praising self for comping with the stressor.
28
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According to cognitive behaviour, thoughts and feelings are…

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Behaviours.

29
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True or false? Cognitive behaviour can serve as CS’s, EO’s, and SD’s.

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True.

30
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Cognitive behaviour are not the sole causes of behaviour or consequences, and one focus is on disentangling ___ from ___.

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Thoughts from operants.

31
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Behaviours are thoughts. Thoughts are behaviours. Which is true and which is false?

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Thoughts are behaviours, but behaviours are not thoughts.

32
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___ come before ___.

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Causes, effects.

33
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Behaviour is usually sculpted by past consequences rather than…

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Abstracted foresight.

34
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There is the possibility to understand and change behaviour by focusing on its ___.

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Consequences (or function).

35
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Behaviour is controlled by ___ term contingencies, rather than ___ term abstract contingencies.

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Short, long.

36
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Behaviour can be changed and understood from its ___.

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Parts.