Albert Ellis

question 79

Multiple Choice

Albert Ellis

• A)developed a behaviourist view of abnormal behaviour which focused primarily on the role of reinforcement of dysfunctional behaviours.
• B)believed that people who were low in self-efficacy were 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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Definitions:

Developmental Processes

The series of changes and growth that occur over the course of a living organism's life.

Parenting Style

Refers to the manner in which parents bring up their children, typically classified into categories such as authoritative, authoritarian, permissive, and uninvolved.

Social Development

The process by which a society improves the living conditions of its members through increases in social and economic complexity.

Object Permanence

The understanding that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be observed or are out of sight, a concept important in cognitive development.