A Learning Theory Proposal that May Strengthen the Effectiveness of Psychological Treatments
This paper stands in the learning tradition of H. J. Eysenck who, sixty-three years ago in 1961, wrote that pathological/psychological disorders are learned/conditioned responses or habits that are non-adaptive. Eysenck argued that persons who receive Psychological Treatment (i.e. ‘psychotherapy’) a...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Cognitive therapy and research 2024-12, Vol.48 (6), p.1035-1045 |
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Zusammenfassung: | This paper stands in the learning tradition of H. J. Eysenck who, sixty-three years ago in 1961, wrote that pathological/psychological disorders are learned/conditioned responses or habits that are non-adaptive. Eysenck argued that persons who receive Psychological Treatment (i.e. ‘psychotherapy’) are best served when their symptom complaints are addressed with well-established learning guidelines. In a similar vein, our proposal presents a general overview of learning and following Eysenck’s lead, describes six general characteristics (Eysenck listed 6 characteristics of ‘psychotherapy’) of a learning-based proposal for Psychological Treatment. Our proposal places a heavy emphasis on the therapist’s role as
teacher
. In addition, four acquisition learning examples are presented showing how one constructs a learning approach that addresses psychological symptom categories. |
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ISSN: | 0147-5916 1573-2819 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s10608-024-10508-7 |