Behavioral Models and Cognitive Models

Year
3
Academic year
2020-2021
Code
01008868
Subject Area
Psychology
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
6.0
Type
Compulsory
Level
1st Cycle Studies

Recommended Prerequisites

It is advisable that students have previously taken the following subjects: Behaviour Modification, and Psychopathology I and II.

Teaching Methods

As this is a theoretical and practical CU, teaching will mainly be explanatory, interactive and practical, making use of practical examples and class work in small groups.

Learning Outcomes

The main objective of this curricular unit is to promote knowledge acquisition on the main behavioural and cognitive models, with emphasis on how they contribute to the understanding of human experience in general and psychopathology in particular. Therefore, behavioural and cognitive models are approached from the more classic to the more recent perspectives, emphasising both the epistemological differences and the differences in their main uses.

 

Learning outcomes:

1)         Acquisition of knowledge of the several behavioural and cognitive models, and ability to distinguish them both epistemologically and conceptually

2)         Recognizing the relevance of these models to approaching and understanding human experience and psychopathology

3)         Understanding of their main applications.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

 

1.Introduction to behaviourism as a scientific movement and its basic assumptions

2.Basic models for behaviour analysis:

  i.classical conditioning

  ii.operant conditioning

3.Transition model: Social Learning Theory

4.The concept of schema and information processing

5.Beck’s Cognitive Model

6.Further developments in the cognitive models

i.The Early Maladaptive Schema model of J. Young

ii.The Cognitive-Interpersonal model of J. Safran

7.The meta-cognitive model S-REF (self-regulatory executive function model)

8. Third Generation Therapies

 i. The cognitive model based on Mindfulness

 ii.Developments in the operant models: human thinking and language: the Relational Frame Theory (RFT) and its applications - The Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

 iii. The cognitive model based on Compassion – Compassion-focused Therapy

9. The therapeutic relationship in the several models

Head Lecturer(s)

Ana Cardoso Allen Gomes

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Laboratory work or Field work: 25.0%
Frequency: 75.0%

Bibliography

Beck, J. (2011). Cognitive Behavior Therapy: Basics and Beyond (2nd Ed.). New York: Guilford.

 

Clark, D.M. & Fairburn, C.G.(2009). (Eds.). Science and Practice of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (reprinted). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

 

Crane, R.(2017). Mindfulness based cognitive therapy: distinctive features (2nd ed.). London: Routledge.

 

Gilbert, P.(2010). Compassion focused therapy: distinctive features. London: Routledge.

 

Martin, G. & Pear, J. (2015). Behavior modification. What it is and how to do it (10th ed). London and NY: Routledge.

 

Hayes, S. C. (2012). Acceptance and commitment therapy: the process and practice of midful change (2nd. ed.). New York: Guilford Press.

 

Rafaeli, E., Bernstein, D.P. & Young, J.(2010). Schema therapy: distinctive features. New York: Routledge.

 

Sturmey, P. (2008). Behavioral Case Formulation and Intervention: A Functional Analytic Approach. Wiley-Blackwell.

 

Wells, A.(2008). Emotional disorders and metacognition. Chichester: Wiley.