Psych 201- Notes
3/27/08
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: An Approach to Limiting Negative Emotions (and
Increasing Positive Ones)
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How we react to events affects our emotions
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Thoughts
> Feelings
> Behavior
> Physical Response (all affect
each other)
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Cognitive Behavioral Theory
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Approach dating back to 1950s (Albert Ellis, Aarvin Beck)
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A distinct break from older psychoanalytic approaches that assumed that
psychological problems are based neuroses rooted in childhood
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Simple Idea: Emotions are rooted primarily in thoughts
Thoughts and behavior are primary in determining emotions
By changing (maladaptive) thoughts and behavior, you can change
emotions
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Example: A person comes to a therapist and says he is depressed because
no one likes him and he has no friends
Cognitive Intervention: Reality testing. Does everyone hate you?
Some people who are friendly to you? (Goal: determine reality of
the situation (often times distorted))
Behavioral Intervention: Smile (even if sort of faking it) and be
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- Spring '08
- Lickel
- Psychology, Negative emotions, Cognitive Behavioral Theory, single negative event, Cognitive Behavioral Theory o Approach
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