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Mental Contrasting

Mental contrasting is a self-regulation strategy that is required for strong goal commitment. In mental contrasting, individuals firstly imagine a desired future or health goal that contrasted...

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What Is Cognitive Bias?

A cognitive bias is a systematic error in thinking that occurs when people are processing and interpreting information in the world around them and affects the...

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Functional Analysis of Behavior

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a therapeutic modality that considers the triggers (antecedents), thoughts, actions, and consequences that make up a behavior (Bakker, 2008). It is a...

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Thought Diary in CBT

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is based on the central tenet that our thoughts, attitudes, and beliefs determine how we feel and behave (Edelman, 2018). And according...

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Behavioral Interventions Therapy

Behavioral interventions encourage new and increase existing positive behaviors while reducing or ending unhelpful ones (Cutler, 2004). They are used to manage and treat a variety...

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How to Design Homework in CBT

Homework assignments have been a central feature of the Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) process since the 1970s (Kazantzis, 2005). Take-home assignments provide the opportunity to transfer different...

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Behavioral Modification Therapy
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Behavioral Modification Therapy

Behavioral modification therapy is as easy as ABC: antecedents, behavior, consequences” was a catchphrase we used when I was a mental health nurse preparing long-stay psychiatric...

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Kindness Activities
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Kindness Activities

If you were to ask a child psychologist which character traits are most important for a child’s development, kindness and empathy would likely rank high on...

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Learned Helplessness
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Learned Helplessness

Learned helplessness is the behavior exhibited by a subject after enduring repeated aversive stimuli beyond their control. It was initially thought to be caused by the subject’s acceptance of...

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Growth Mindset vs. Fixed
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Growth Mindset vs. Fixed

You’ve probably heard of this movement before—it’s swept the nation and the world into a newfound appreciation for the potential to be found in hard work....

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Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
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Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

Self-fulfilling prophecy, also known as the interpersonal expectancy effect, refers to the phenomenon whereby a person’s or a group’s expectation for the behavior of another person...

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Unconditional Positive Regard
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Unconditional Positive Regard

Unconditional positive regard is defined by humanistic psychologists to mean expressing empathy, support, and acceptance to someone, regardless of what they say or do. For me,...

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Instant Gratification
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Instant Gratification

Instant gratification is a strong urge to fulfill a desire instantaneously. If the person watching the commercial gets up and goes to the store to purchase the...

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