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Chapter 12 for foundations
Foundations of Marital and family therapy
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Psychology
Post-Graduate
04/16/2018

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Ivan Pavlov, Joseph Wolpe, B.F. Skinner
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Behavioral Forerunners
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Gerald Patterson, Robert Liberman, Richard Stuart, Robert Weiss, Gayola Margolin. John
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Behavioral family therapists
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Donald Baucom, Andrew Christensen, Norman Epstein, Neil Jacobson, Frank Dattilio, and Y. Teichman.
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Cognitive-Behavioral Couple/Family Therapists
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involuntarily acquired and reinforced.
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In behavioral family therapy symptoms are treated as learned responses which are...
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social learning theory
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The behavioral approach is based on....
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social learning theory
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according to _________ behavior is maintained by its consequences, and therefore can be modified by altering those consequences.
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thoughts and perceptions
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More contemporary cognitive-behavioral approaches have expanded this basic formula to include the examination and restructuring of
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behavior management
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families are taught general principles of __________along with methods for re-evaluating cognitive distortions and correcting misconceptions.
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subsystems
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Behaviorists rarely treat whole families; instead they see only those ___________ they consider central to the targeted behavior.
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careful assessment and on measuring change
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Perhaps the greatest strength of behavior therapy is its insistence on
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classical and operant
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The learning theory antecedents of behavior therapy are Pavlov’s _________ conditioning and Skinner's __________ conditioning.
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systematic desensitization
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Wolpe's (1948) was the first influential application of classical conditioning to the treatment of psychological problems.
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contingencies of reinforcement
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Skinner himself was the first to suggest that behavior problems could be dealt with directly by adjusting the....
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maintained by its consequences
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The central premise of behavior therapy is that behavior is
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dysfunctional patterns of reinforcement
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Behavioral problems are caused by _________ between parents and children, or between members of a couple.
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more rewarding consequences
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Behavior will remain resistant to change until ________ _____ _____ are introduced.
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Social exchange theory
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_______ ______ _____ states that people strive to maximize rewards and minimize costs in relationships
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maximize, minimize, little
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In successful relationships, both partners work to ________ mutual rewards and _________ costs, while in unsuccessful marriages, partners concentrate on minimizing costs, and have _______ expectation of rewards
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linear perspective
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Unlike systems theorists, behaviorists tend to operate from a __________ in the treatment of children.
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dyadic unit
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This paradigm uses a ________ of analysis rather than a triadic one
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changing interactions
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The focus is on _________ between two family members
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triadic nature
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Little attention is paid to the _______ of these relationships--how two people affect and are affected by others in the family.
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Aaron Beck and Albert Ellis
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Cognitive Family Therapy was inspired by the work of ____ ____ and _____ _____
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attitude change
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It emphasizes the need for ________ to promote and maintain modifications in behavior.
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interpretations
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Our ________of other people’s behavior influences the ways in which we respond to them
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couple and family interactions.
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straight behavioral approach failed to address the complicating dynamics of _______
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current sequences
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Behaviorists focus on ______ of family behavior
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ability to resolve conflicts
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Problem-solving skills and the _______ are the most clearly identified criteria for successful marriages
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learned responses
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Symptoms are viewed as ________, involuntarily acquired and reinforced
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underlying meanings
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No ________ of symptoms are sought, nor do behaviorists posit conflict in or between spouses as a cause of problems in children.
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contingencies of reinforcement
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Behavior therapy's basic premise is that behavior will change when ________ are altered
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dysfunctional schemas
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Cognitive-behavioral therapists believe that about ______ family roles and relationships are learned growing up in our families
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rewarding interactions
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The goals of behavioral family therapy are to increase the rate of +______ in family relationships, decrease use of coercion and aversive exchanges, and teach communication and problem- solving skills.
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thorough assessment, strategies
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Therapy begins with a ______ to determine the baseline frequency of problem behavior, following which specifically tailored are designed to modify the contingencies of reinforcement maintaining that behavior.
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