PSYC 340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy, Cognitive Distortion, Behavioural Genetics

• School: American River College
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 340
• Professor: Garvey

Document Summary

Cognitive-behavioral therapy processes, attitudes and attributions, and problem behaviors. Group of treatment procedures aimed at identifying and modifying faulty thought. Focuses on how we think, interpret experience. Focus on the present and skill building. An irrational belief or cognitive distortion is an illogical or distorted idea. Rational emotive behavior therapy attempts to teach an individual through behavioral and cognitive techniques to replace self-defeating thoughts to achieve more effective ways of feeling and behaving. Changes negative images & thoughts and shows subject how they can be changed to a more positive outcome. Patients are taught to identify negative thoughts or perceptions about life, devise alternative explanations and then discuss implications for these alternatives with the therapist thereby helping change the psyche of the patient. Assumes belief precedes and causes the distorted emotional response or behavior. Examines behavior patterns which are familial and hereditary in origin.