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Beck Argued That Cognitive Schema Underlie Distorted Thought Patterns

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Beck argued that cognitive schema underlie distorted thought patterns.Beck's assertion reflects the intellectual legacy of the pioneering developmental psychologist:


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Higher Order Conditioning

A learning process whereby a stimulus that has been conditioned to produce a particular response is used in turn to condition a second stimulus to produce the same response.

Extinction

In psychology, the gradual weakening and eventual disappearance of a conditioned response.

Shaping

A behavioral psychology technique that reinforces behavior closer and closer to a desired goal, used in teaching new behaviors.

Step-by-step Reinforcement

The process of enhancing desired behaviors through a systematic approach that rewards successive approximations of the target behavior.

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