Unit 8 Module 71: Behavior cognitive, and Group therapy

behavior therapy

therapy that applies to learn principal to the elimination of unwanted behaviors

counter conditioning

behaviort therapy that uses classical conditioning to evoke new repsonse to stimuli that are triggering unwanted behaviors, include exposure thrapies and eccessive conditioning

Mary Cover Jones

Behavior psychologist, known for developing techniques to eliminate phobias in children

Joseph Wolpe

Systematic desensitization used in therapy

virtual reality exposure therapy

anxiety treatment that progressively exposes people to electronic stimulation of their greatest fears

aversive conditioning

a type of counter conditioning that associated an unpleasent state with unwanted behavior

token economy

operant conditioning procedure of which people earn a token for exhibitng a desired behavior and can exchange the token for privillages

cognitive therapy

therapy that reaches people new more adaptive ways of thinking based on assuming that thoughts interfwere with events and ambitions

rational emotive behavior (REBT)

pproach that helps you identify irrational beliefs and negative thought patterns that may lead to emotional or behavioral issues

cognitive behavior therapy

strucutred short-term tehrapeutic technique that aims to change a clients maladaptive gocnitions and behaviors inro more realistc and/or adaptive ones

Aaron Beck (Cogntive Errors)

pioneer in Cognitive Therapy. Suggested negative beliefs cause depression.

family therapy

therapy that treats the family as a system. Views an individual's unwanted behaviors as influenced by, or directed at, other family members

Group therapy

therapy conducted with groups rather than individuals, permitting therapeutic benefits from group interaction