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  • THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES
  • ON ABNORMALITY
  • COGNITIVE-BEHAVIOURAL AND EXISTENTIAL-HUMANISTIC
  • LECTURE OUTLINE
  • Behavioural theories
  • Cognitive theories
  • Cognitive-behavioural theories
  • Existential-humanistic theories

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BEHAVIOURAL THEORIES Classical conditioning
(Pavlov) US UR CS CR Operant
conditioning (Skinner) SD behaviour
Reinforcer
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  • BEHAVIOURAL THEORIES
  • Operant conditioning
  • Reinforcement leads to an increase in the
    behaviour preceding the reinforcer
  • positive
  • negative
  • Punishment
  • positive
  • negative

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  • BEHAVIOURAL THEORIES
  • Classical conditioning can play a role in a
    variety of anxiety disorders
  • Operant conditioning can play a role in
    numerous disorders
  • Two-factor theory (Mowrer) both classical and
    operant interact to maintain anxiety problems
  • Modeling (Bandura) can learn maladaptive or
    adaptive behaviours via observational learning

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  • BEHAVIOURAL THEORIES
  • Basic assumption of behavioural theories is that
    maladaptive behaviours are learned and can be
    unlearned, and that new, more adaptive behaviours
    can be learned
  • Has been applied to a wide range of disorders
    and problems

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  • BEHAVIOURAL THEORIES
  • Treatments based on classical conditioning
  • systematic desensitization - Wolpe
  • aversive conditioning
  • exposure, flooding

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  • BEHAVIOURAL THEORIES
  • Treatments based on operant conditioning
  • behaviour shaping, coaching (teaching a new
    behaviour)
  • token economy, contingency contracting, and
    other methods of positive reinforcement (used to
    strengthen adaptive behaviours)
  • extinction and punishment (used to weaken
    maladaptive behaviours)
  • stimulus control used to cue adaptive
    behaviours

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  • COGNITIVE THEORIES
  • Basic assumption of cognitive theories is that
    maladaptive behaviour results from irrational or
    distorted ways of thinking emphasis is on
    internal thought processes
  • Like psychodynamic theories, cognitive theories
    have been employed mostly with people with
    anxiety and mood disorders
  • Like behavioural theories, there is a strong
    research emphasis in cognitive theories

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  • COGNITIVE THEORIES
  • Albert Ellis psychological problems stem from
    irrational and catastrophic thinking
  • Examples of irrational beliefs
  • I must be loved and approved of all the time
  • Things must always go right
  • I must be competent at everything
  • Life should always treat me fairly
  • Rational-Emotive Therapy (RET) therapist
    challenges clients irrational belief

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COGNITIVE THEORIES Aaron Beck psychological
problems stem from distorted thinking based on
underlying cognitive schemata Cognitive schemata
ways of viewing self, world, past,
future Cognitive therapy - therapist challenges
clients distorted thinking through a process of
checking beliefs against reality
evidence-gathering approach
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  • COGNITIVE-BEHAVIOURAL THEORIES
  • Over the past 20 years, the cognitive and
    behavioural theories have become more
    inter-connected, emphasizing both behaviour and
    thinking
  • Bandura social learning theory
  • self-control
  • self-efficacy
  • Cognitive-behavioural therapy is becoming the
    dominant paradigm in clinical psychology

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  • AND COGNITIVE- BEHAVIOURAL TREATMENTS
  • Problem-solving training DZurilla Goldfried
  • Self-instructional training - Meichenbaum
  • Cognitive-behavioural therapy is becoming the
    dominant paradigm in clinical psychology

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  • SUMMARY OF BEHAVIOURAL AND COGNITIVE THEORIES AND
    TREATMENTS
  • emphasis on behaviour and cognitive processes
  • more active, directive therapeutic approach than
    most psychodynamic approaches
  • more research-oriented and results-oriented
    approach than most psychodynamic approaches

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  • EXISTENTIAL-HUMANISTIC THEORIES
  • Roots German and French phenomenology, focus
    on experiencing and emotion
  • Third force as an alternative to psychodynamic
    and behavioural theories
  • With the exception of Rogers, not as rooted in
    research as behavioural and cognitive theories

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  • EXISTENTIAL-HUMANISTIC THEORIES
  • Core concepts
  • Freedom
  • Phenomenology
  • Self-actualization
  • Being and authenticity
  • Holism
  • Willing and wishing Rollo May

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EXISTENTIAL-HUMANISTIC THEORIES Carl Rogers
Theory of Psychopathology Lack of unconditional
positive regard Lack of unconditional positive
self-regard (low self-esteem) Incongruence
between self and experience Anxiety,
defensiveness, distortion
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EXISTENTIAL-HUMANISTIC THEORIES Carl Rogers
Theory of Client-centered Therapy Therapist
provides unconditional positive
regard Unconditional positive self-regard
(self-acceptance or high self-esteem) Congruence
between self and experience Authenticity,
openness, psychological health
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  • EXISTENTIAL-HUMANISTIC THEORIES
  • Core qualities of therapist for client-centered
    therapy
  • Empathy
  • Warmth (unconditional positive regard)
  • Genuineness - authenticity

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  • EXISTENTIAL-HUMANISTIC THEORIES
  • Core qualities of therapist for client-centered
    therapy
  • quite a bit of research attesting to the
    importance of these therapist variables
  • widespread application of these skills in
    psychology and counseling training programs
    active listening skills
  • some would argue that these skills are important
    for all types of therapy (compare with
    psychodynamic notion of working alliance)

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  • EXISTENTIAL-HUMANISTIC THEORIES
  • Other important existential-humanistic theorists
    and therapists
  • Maslow self-actualization and need hierarchy
  • Jourard importance of self-disclosure for
    psychological health and for therapy
  • existential Rollo May, Viktor Frankl
    logotherapy
  • Fritz Perls Gestalt therapy emphasis on
    experience/emotion, empty chair technique

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  • SUMMARY OF EXISTENTIAL-HUMANISTIC THEORIES AND
    TREATMENTS
  • emphasis on experience and emotion
  • emphasis on non-directive approaches to therapy
  • less research-oriented than behavioural and
    cognitive approaches
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