NUR 754: Behavior Therapy - Online study week 1

NUR 754: Behavior Therapy

Online activity:

Date Cohort  2 Cohort  3

Sunday, November 21st - 5  hours  online 5  hours  online
Thursday, November 25th

As part of your requirements for this class you are asked to study the following papers:

• Eysenck, H.J. (1957). The Effects of Psychotherapy: An Evaluation. Journal of

Consulting Psychology, 16, 319-324.
• Hayes, S.C. (2004). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Relational Frame Theory,
and the Third Wave of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. Behavior Therapy, 35,
639-665.

Relevant points in the papers:

• The importance of controlling for the variable to account for the efficacy of
psychotherapy in clinical trials
• The difficulties in comparing the efficacy of different psychotherapies
• The difficulties of coming to a conclusion with respect to psychotherapy and how its
efficacy is determined
• The three waves of behavioral and cognitive therapies
• The names of the third waves cognitive behavior therapy (CBT)
• The contrast between the scientific principles of early behaviorists and the clinical
traditions at the beginning of the ʻ70s
• The difference between psychoanalitic and behavioristic views
• The loss of humanistic concepts with a stronger scientific vision
• In the 70sʼ the perceived failure of Skinner’s vision to provide an empirically adequate
analysis of language and cognition
• The rise of CBT in the ‘70s
• The change in the philosophy of science between 1st/2nd and 3rd wave
psychotherapies
• The theoretical and philosophical basis of ACT
• Functional contextualism
• Relational Frame Theory
• Cognitive fusion
• Therapeutic assumptions and clinical stance of ACT
• Techniques
• Mindfulness
• Acceptance and willingness
• Values
• The third waves of behavior therapy

You will be asked to write a small essay (one page) at the end of the week. You’ll receive
the title and have 24 hrs to send your answer.