Describe the five components of Ellis’ ABCDE model.

What will be an ideal response?


Activating event: something that happens to the individual. Belief: how the individual thinks about the event. Emotional consequence: the emotions and feelings resulting from the belief. Dispute: identifying the thought distortion(s) in the belief. Effective new belief: composing a new, more reality-based belief, and inserting it in place of the thought distortion belief.

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Which of these is true of the "goose bumps" we get when we are cold? a. The response protects us by directing extra blood to the skin

b. The response occurs in some human cultures but not in others. c. The response was useful for our ancestors, though probably not for us. d. The response shows an antagonism between the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems.

Psychology

The fact that people who do well on one kind of cognitive test generally do well on other kinds also prompted Charles Spearman to propose the ____ factor in intelligence

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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The use of malarial fever to treat paresis __________.

A. is an example of the barbaric treatment that mental patients received at the beginning of the twentieth century B. proved to be so ineffectual that many professionals abandoned the biological explanation of mental disorders C. represented the first clear-cut defeat of a mental disorder by medicine D. was the first time scientists used knowledge of brain chemistry to develop specific drugs for treating mental disorders

Psychology

According to Piaget's theory, parents should utilize a teaching strategy known as one-step-ahead, since a child's intellect develops mainly through

a. accommodation. b. intuitive thought. c. forced adaptation. d. scaffolding.

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