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TwoTypes of Therapeutic Interventions

There is confusion when someone talks about cognitive therapy or behavioral therapy alone because since the 1960s, these have give...

REBT by Ellis

Ellis joined cognitive therapy with behavioral therapy and introduced it as Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy in the mid-1950s. ...

The Concept of Conditioning

are two types of operant conditioning that is based on the belief that behaviors can be shaped by the expectation of consequences ...

Making Decisions

alternative is selected and a plan is written to implement. With the classical model, a good decision would be one that is made f...

Athletics and Behavioral Leadership

behavioral theory, anyone has the potential to become an effective leader if he or she is willing to examine what behaviors are co...

A Fictional Case Study of Autism and Behavioral Intervention

which Brydons behavior will be assessed are held every week on Fridays. During the first two of these practice sessions baseline ...

Three Questions on Behavioral Finance

is made. Mayes cites 6 reasons that may impact on a rational judgment, these are overconfidence, fear of regret, cognitive dissona...

Play Therapy and Behavior

allowed for recognition of human thought as an "integral part of human behavior" (OConnor, 1991, p. 26). Prior to this point, beha...

Overview of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

integrates what has been defined as "behavior modification techniques," or interventions that are introduced to break the cycle be...

Attitudes about an Object

This 3 page paper provides an overview of object perceptions as it relates to attitude formation. This paper explains how cognitiv...

Joan Atwood's Family Therapy A Systemic-Behavioral Approach

In five pages Atwood's text is presented in an overview of major issues presented and then discusses how systemic behavioral metho...

Alligator Mississippiensis or the American Alligator

In five pages this American species of alligator is examined in an overview of how it evolved from the crocodile, its reproductive...

Overview of Multigenerational Family Therapy

In eight pages 5 studies on multigenerational family therapy are examined in this overview of techniques and family behavioral pat...

Overview of Killer Orca Whales

In five pages Orca whales are examined in an overview that includes pelagic, transient, and resident cultures as well as differenc...

Suicide's Nature and its Treatment

In eight pages this paper examines suicide in an overview that focuses upon treatment in a contrast and comparison of cognitive be...

Human Nature and Selfishness

that mankind is hardwired for selfishness and are a slave to these drives whether we understand or are cognizant of them in the fi...

The Impacts of Caffeine on Human Behavior

11 pages and 6 sources. This paper provides an overview of the impacts of caffeine on human physiology, with a specific view of t...

A Review of Adaptive Behavior Inventory

This paper consists of five pages and discusses the ABI that measures five different categories of behavioral function through ove...

Young Adult Behavior and AIDS

In five pages an overview of how HIV and AIDS affects the between 18 and 24 segment of the population is presented along with beha...

Behavioral Assessment

question might be whether or not this behavior occurs in other settings, at different times in the day, etc. (CECP, 2001a). As ...

Overview of Sleep Disorders

most likely the cause of this inability to fall asleep (2000). One thing is that changes in sleeping can affect ones ability to sl...

Description of Dissociative Identity Disorder

In twenty five pages multiple personality disorder or disassociative identity disorder is described in terms of DSM IV classificat...

Carl Jung's Archetypes and Eating Disorders

archetypes can only become conscious secondarily (1981). The archetype is merely an example of a perfect form or prototype (Lohff,...

Children's Developmental Disorders and Reading

part to the implementation of a fairly new technology: interactive computer programs. Particularly evident of this success is the...

Genetic Disorder - Breast Cancer

Hecht, 2008). Breast cancer in both men and women is a genetic disorder but it is not necessarily hereditary (U.S. National Librar...

Bipolar Disorder

there is very little information about predisposes people to these episodes (Swann, 2006). Therefore, for the most part, nursing a...

Classification of Personality Disorders

may overlap. The groupings would be as follows: Isolated Group: Antisocial personality disorder, schizoid personality disorder, s...

Attention Deficit Disorders

affected children at risk for developing anxiety and depression (Capano, et al, 2008). In general, the behaviors associated with ...

Mental Health Changes on TV

For decades, the media has portrayed people with mental illnesses or disorder in such a way that others did not want to be around ...

BiPolar Disorder on Television

Stereotypes and stigmas about mental illness have been consistently fostered by the media but in recent years, there are some tele...