Albert Ellis

question 54

Multiple Choice

Albert Ellis

• A) developed a behaviourist view of abnormal behaviour that focused primarily on the role of reinforcement of dysfunctional behaviours.
• B) believed that people who are low in self-efficacy are more likely to develop low self-worth.
• C) discussed irrational beliefs, which he believed distort responding and increase feelings of worthlessness and hopelessness.
• D) argued that people with disorders have underlying cognitive schemata that inappropriately direct their processing of information.
• E) was the first to develop a form of cognitive-behavioural therapy, entitled "cognitive- rational therapy".

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