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What was the primary theoretical orientation in the 1950’s

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Psychoanalysis:
Assumption was that unconscious conflicts and desires are the basis for psychological disorders
Used Projective Tests
Goal was to resolve intrapsychic conflict

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Why was there discontent with Psychoanalysis?

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Unscientific- not data driven; extensive use of intuition, assumption, speculation

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Wolpe criticism of Little Hans

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Little Hans was afraid of horses–freud believed, through psychoanalysis, that he wanted to have sex with his mother, feared his father would castrate him, and displaced that fear to horses–Wolpe believed possibly a traumatic event or experience with horses was a better explanation for LIttle Hans’ fear

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Behaviorism

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the study of overt behavior and rejection of what could not be verified

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What does it mean that behaviorism is based in “empiricism”?

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words and concepts only make sense when linked to direct experience

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Methodological Behaviorism

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view taht only observations of behavior, not speculations about mental life, can form the practical basis fof psychological science

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Little Albert Study

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John Watson

Found that emotional responses can be conditioned or learn

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John Watson

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Little albert study–learned emotional responses

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Mary Cover Jones

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Watson’s Student
extinction of Peter’s fear of rabbits through behavior modeling (watching other kids enjoy playing with rabbit) and in vivo desensitization (assosicate rabbit with positive stimuli such as favorite food)

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B.F. Skinner

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Operant Conditioning with pigeons & Rats

did not apply to therapy but speculated its application

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Josef Wolpe

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Reciprocal inhibition-basis for relaxation training

Developed systematic desensitization

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What are some initial riticisms of Behavior Therapy

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Most work was done with animals in labs–accused of being dehumanizing and controlling

Discontent with terms: behavior modification, punishment, reinforcement, conditioning

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Social Learning Theory

basics

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Albert Bandura

Environment, behavior, and cognitive processes interact simultaneously to impact individual

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Self-Efficacy

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LOOK THIS ONE UP IN BOOK!!!

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Arnold Lazarus

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advocated for “broad spectrum behavior therapy”

“technical eclecticism vs theoretical eclecticism” (he supports technical )

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Technical Eclecticism VS Theoretical Eclecticism

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Technical Eclecticism: Pulling together different techniques

Theoretical Eclecticism: pulling together different theories (can get confusing)

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Donald Meichenbaum

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self-instructional techniques

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Self Instructional Techniques

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LOOK IN BOOK

talking yourself through situations (?)

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Social Learning Theory

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Forms the conceptual/empirical basis of CBT

Focus on unique human/person attributes.
(such as:Language/Reasoning capability, Ability to consider past/present/future, reason about self, others, world)

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Psycho Analysis VS Behavior Therapy

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  1. PA= past focused
    BT= present focused
  2. PA=verbal treatment
    BT=Action Oriented
  3. PA=indirectly explore past/unconcious as related to problem
    BT=identify and change present maintaing conditions of problem
  4. PA=same tenchiques for all clients
    BT= Individualized techniques
  5. PA=Lengthy treatment
    BT=Brief, short term treatment
  6. PA= Uncontrolled, qualitative studies
    BT= controlled, quantitative experiement
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What are the 4 major themes of CBT?

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  1. Scientific
  2. Active
  3. Present focused
  4. Learning focused
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Theme 1: Scientific

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  • definition of targeted bx, treatment goals, and assessment/therapy procedures
  • treatment protocols for effective therapies to enhance usefulness and effectiveness
  • quantitative measurements of bx to be changed
  • monitoring of symptoms/goals
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Theme 2: Active

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  • clients do someting about their difficulties
  • therapy primarily consists of tasks (role playing, rehearsing, coping strategies, exposure, etc)
  • homework assignments
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Theme 3: Present Focused

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  • assume current problems are influenced by current conditions
  • Tx aimed to change current conditions to alter present behavior/problem
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Theme 4: Learning Focused

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  • current problems are frequently learned

- Tx provides client with learning experiences to challenge current behavior/thoughts

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Common characteristics among 4 themes of BT

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1- individualized to paitent’s needs
2- stepwise progression from simple to complex, easy to hard, less threatening to more threatening
3-Treatment packages/protocols are evidence based for specific problems
4-Tx designed to be short-term/brief

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Therapist-Client Relationship

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