Lesson 6: Cognitive, Behavioral, Group

counterconditioning

behavior therapy procedures that use classical conditioning to evoke new responses to stimuli that are triggering unwanted behaviors

hypnosis therapy

type of therapy that is often used in conjunction with other therapeutic methods and involves getting patients to relax and fall into a trance-like stage, much like how people become lost in thought or in an activity

rational-emotive behavior therapy (REBT)

confrontational cognitive therapy that challenges people’s self-defeating attitudes and assumptions

family therapy

therapy that treats people in the context of their family system and views behaviors as influenced by family

virtual reality exposure therapy

counterconditioning technique that treats anxiety through creative electronic simulations in which people can safely face specific fears

group therapy

therapy conducted with groups rather than individuals using group interaction

behavior therapy

therapy that uses learning principles to decrease unwanted behaviors

aversive conditioning

associated an unpleasant state with an unwanted behavior

systematic desensitization

type of exposure therapy that associates a pleasant, relaxed state with gradually increasing anxiety-inducing stimuli

exposure therapy

behavioral techniques that treat anxieties by exposing people to the things they fear

token economy

operant conditioning procedure in which people earn a token for exhibiting a desired behavior and can later exchange tokens for priveleges or treats

cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT)

popular integrative therapy that combines cognitive therapy (changing self-defeating thinking) with behavior therapy (changing behavior)

cognitive therapy

therapy that teaches people new, more adaptive ways of thinking