Assignment 1: Theories of Development There are many theories about the way children learn‚ many practitioners believe that children learn in a variety of ways. Some key theories have shaped and continue to shape work with children. I am going to look at development psychology such as cognitive language and emotional development etc. Cognitive Cognition is a group of mental processes that includes attention‚ memory‚ producing and understanding language‚ learning‚ reasoning‚ problem
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Theory Critique on: Cognitive Behavioral and Reality Therapy Liberty College Debra Borzym Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Aaron Beck is known as the pioneer of cognitive therapy‚ which has been a utilized approach to psychotherapy. Beck attempted to further Freud’s theory of depression; however‚ the research moved more towards errors in logic‚ coined “cognitive distortions” which were deemed the basis of underlying dysfunction and depression. The fundamental aspect of cognitive therapy
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* Cognitive Theory Outline I. Theory: Cognitive Theory (CT) a. Key Concepts: i. The way a person’s mind collects and categorizes information is built into schemas. Those schemas help build associations with future thoughts‚ emotions and behaviors‚ as they determine how we categorize an experience. Schemas influence our recall of an experience (good or bad)‚ our emotion (positive or negative)‚ and our behavior (acceptance or avoidance)‚ and how we relate it mentally to similar
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Leon Ferstinger in 1957 developed a theory of cognitive dissonance. His theory sugguest that we all have an inner drive to stay true to our attitudes and beliefs to keep a balanced life. When Ferstinger first introduced the term cognitive dissonance to indicate the discomfort we feel whenever we inconsistent notions at the same time. This discomfort or dissonance motivates us to expend behavioral effort to reduce it and restore cognitive consistency Cognitive dissonance is a situation that involes
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Cognitive Behavioral Approach In the 1950s‚ the prevailing tradition in psychology was that of the Behaviorist perspective. It focused on outward human and animal behavior as opposed to internal mental states like consciousness and thought. Though these constructs are not observable‚ they could not be ignored. The notion that these internal states do result in outward behavior set the stage for the cognitive revolution. Application of a dual (cognitive and behavioral) approach to explaining behavior
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The Psychodynamic Theory‚ or psychoanalytic as it is also referred to‚ stresses the influence of unconscious forces on human behavior. It is the systematized study and theory of the psychological forces that underlie human behavior‚ emphasizing the interplay between unconscious and conscious motivation (Gallop & Reynolds 2004). Its roots focus on the roles of unconscious sexual and aggressive impulses as a motive for choice and self-direction. The theory presents itself as our way of trying to balance
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Miller and Dollard proposed the theory of social learning. In 1963 Bandura and Walters broadened the social learning theory with the principles of observational learning and vicarious reinforcement. Bandura provided his concept of self-efficacy in 1977‚ while he refuted the traditional learning theory for understanding learning. The Social Cognitive Theory is a theory that deals with cognitive‚ emotional aspects and aspects of behavior for understanding behavioral change. It is a belief that people
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a psychotherapeutic approach that addresses dysfunctional emotions‚ maladaptive behaviors and cognitive processes and contents through a number of goal-oriented‚ explicit systematic procedures. The name refers to behavior therapy‚ cognitive therapy‚ and to therapy based upon a combination of basic behavioral and cognitive principles and research. Most therapists working with patients dealing with anxiety and depression use
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Combating Adult Obesity: A Social Cognitive Approach to Reduce Local Obesity Overview of the Program Focus The health crisis of obesity is becoming an epidemic in the United States. Currently in America‚ more than two thirds of all adults are either clinically overweight or obese (The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases‚ 2012). Within the population of obese individuals nationally‚ adults within the age group of 40 to 59 have the highest prevalence rate of obesity
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Behavioral and Social Cognitive Approaches Jesse Espinoza Yulina Cordero PSY/250 October 21‚ 2010 Behavioral and Social Cognitive Approaches Habits is an acquired behavioral pattern regularly followed until has become almost involuntary. A he may not know what his habits are because he so accustomed. If a person waking up early every morning to go do work he will just do it even when his day off is. Learning how and where this habits come is something that many are not sure in until
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