AP PSYCHOLOGY

ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR

INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which therapeutic approach emphasized that people are often disturbed because of their negative interpretations of events?
A
person-centered therapy
B
systematic desensitization
C
cognitive therapy
D
aversive conditioning
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -biomedical therapy. uses a variety of psychological theories and therapeutic approaches. Which therapeutic approach emphasizes that people are often disturbed because of their negative interpretations of events? depression.

Detailed explanation-2: -Albert Ellis’s cognitive therapy is called Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT). He believed peoples’ intense suffering from negative emotions was caused by their irrational core beliefs. Core beliefs refer to the basic beliefs people have about themselves and the world around them.

Detailed explanation-3: -Rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT) is based on the premise that our cognitions, emotions, and behaviors are an integrated system and that when we are disturbed, it is because we think-feel-act in dysfunctional, self-defeating ways.

Detailed explanation-4: -Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on changing the automatic negative thoughts that can contribute to and worsen our emotional difficulties, depression, and anxiety. These spontaneous negative thoughts also have a detrimental influence on our mood.

Detailed explanation-5: -CBT can help people with depression by giving you tools to challenge the negative thoughts and override them with more realistic and positive thought processes.

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