PSYC1024 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Automatic Negative Thoughts, Behavioral Activation, Cognitive Therapy
2 Jan 2019
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It is an approach designed to improve an individual"s low mood. Behavioural activation assumes that low mood is the result of stressful, negative life ev reduced the positive reward received by an individual from their environment. It is a process designed to systematically increase the levels of behaviour a person eng individuals with low mood may experience more reward from the environment and de. Reduce behaviours which result in poor mood- increase behaviours which result in goo everyone) In the 1970"s peter lewinshon conducted research investigating the factors associated levels (behaviours) of individuals. This research showed that there was a significant relationship between mood and the. The lower a person"s mood the less pleasant activities they engaged in. Are exposed to less positive reinforcement than other individuals. This research led to the development of behavioural activation (ba) for depression. The original version of ba taught patients to monitor their mood levels and also their d.
