Challenging a Patient's Irrational Beliefs and Unrealistic Expectations Is the Task

question 145

Multiple Choice

Challenging a patient's irrational beliefs and unrealistic expectations is the task of

• A) a behavioural therapist.
• B) a Gestalt therapist.
• C) a rational-emotive therapist.
• D) a client-centred therapist.

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Definitions:

Internal-Reinforcement Schedule

A strategy of self-management where individuals control their own rewards or punishments to modify behavior.

External-Reinforcement Schedule

This involves the regulation of behavior based on rewards or punishments administered from an outside source, used in various behavioral conditioning frameworks.

Positive Punishment

Adding an undesirable stimulus to decrease a behavior.

Negative Punishment

A behavior modification technique involving the removal of a desirable stimulus to decrease the probability of an undesirable behavior being repeated.