ACT Exam 1 Graded A
Assumption of Healthy Normality - correct Answers-•Happiness=healthy and normal
•Psychological suffering is seen as abnormal
•Disease driven by pathological processes
The ubiquity of Human Suffering - correct Answers-• 1 in 3 people have a psychiatric
disorder in their lifetime
• 1 in 4 adults experience alcohol or drug addiction in their lifetime.
• Roughly 50% will think about suicide.
ACT Assumption - correct Answers-suffering is Universal and Unavoidable
Experiential Avoidance - correct Answers-Attempts to avoid thoughts, feelings,
memories, physical sensations, and other internal experiences-even when doing so
creates harm in the long run.
ACT targets EA strategies only when they become costly, life-distorting, or harmful
Model of Psychopathology - correct Answers-
Psychological Flexibility as Model of Human Functioning-CAD SCV - correct Answers-
Triflex: The six core process can be combined into three functional units - correct
Answers-1. Opening up: Defusion and Acceptance
2. Being Present: Contact with the present moment and self as context
3. Doing what matters: Values and Committed Action
Acceptance and willingness as alternatives to avoidance and control - correct Answers-•
Worry, fret, panic are natural reactions (remember bear and blueberries)
• Opposite from avoidance is acceptance
• "Acceptance in ACT means adopting, on purpose, an open and receptive attitude
toward the experiences we have as we live our lives, even when these experiences are
strong negative judgments."
• Imagine you are a smoker that decides to quit smoking
o What might you experience the following morning as you sit with your coffee not
smoking?
• Acceptance is not: approving, wanting, liking, bearing it...
Self as context: perspective taking, observing self, noticing self, pure awareness, etc...
Two elements to the mind - correct Answers-◦ Thinking self
◦ Observing self
, Values and Commitment - correct Answers-choices that we deliberately and
consciously make about the directions we want to go in our lives.
◦ Values are not feelings, are a chosen way of being, you pick them, they are complete
in and of themselves (behavior is reward), they change and grow along with us, different
from goals
Functional Contextualism - correct Answers-• Modern philosophy of science rooted in
pragmatism and contextualism
• Assumes all behavior (public and private) occurs in a context and serves a function
Unit of Analysis - correct Answers-Focus on the ongoing act in context (i.e., going to the
store)
Motivation, stimuli, response, consequence
Truth Criterion - correct Answers-What works?
Does it lead to a desired end?
Goal - correct Answers-Describe, predict, and influence psychological events or
behavior
Focus on variables that can be manipulated in context of psychological events
Ex: Depression
Workability - correct Answers-having that thought "work" for you. Not if its true or
rational but does it serve you well to move you towards your values?
Functional Contextualism Core Assumptions - correct Answers-Contexualism
Functional
Monistic-everything a person does is behavior, both public and private
Nonreductionistic
Elemental Realism - correct Answers-Mechanism
Structural
Dualistic
Reductionistic
The nature of FC assumptions shine brightly in ACT - correct Answers-What we think is
just a way of describing or evaluating events---not the way.
Words don't capture reality (or the 'richness of experience')
When one's 'theory' (thoughts) helps you move toward your goals (values), listen to it;
when it doesn't, defuse.
Hold your theories (thoughts) lightly.......
Relational Frame Theory - correct Answers-Functional contextual theory of human
language and cognition
Approaches language and cognition as learned behavior
Assumption of Healthy Normality - correct Answers-•Happiness=healthy and normal
•Psychological suffering is seen as abnormal
•Disease driven by pathological processes
The ubiquity of Human Suffering - correct Answers-• 1 in 3 people have a psychiatric
disorder in their lifetime
• 1 in 4 adults experience alcohol or drug addiction in their lifetime.
• Roughly 50% will think about suicide.
ACT Assumption - correct Answers-suffering is Universal and Unavoidable
Experiential Avoidance - correct Answers-Attempts to avoid thoughts, feelings,
memories, physical sensations, and other internal experiences-even when doing so
creates harm in the long run.
ACT targets EA strategies only when they become costly, life-distorting, or harmful
Model of Psychopathology - correct Answers-
Psychological Flexibility as Model of Human Functioning-CAD SCV - correct Answers-
Triflex: The six core process can be combined into three functional units - correct
Answers-1. Opening up: Defusion and Acceptance
2. Being Present: Contact with the present moment and self as context
3. Doing what matters: Values and Committed Action
Acceptance and willingness as alternatives to avoidance and control - correct Answers-•
Worry, fret, panic are natural reactions (remember bear and blueberries)
• Opposite from avoidance is acceptance
• "Acceptance in ACT means adopting, on purpose, an open and receptive attitude
toward the experiences we have as we live our lives, even when these experiences are
strong negative judgments."
• Imagine you are a smoker that decides to quit smoking
o What might you experience the following morning as you sit with your coffee not
smoking?
• Acceptance is not: approving, wanting, liking, bearing it...
Self as context: perspective taking, observing self, noticing self, pure awareness, etc...
Two elements to the mind - correct Answers-◦ Thinking self
◦ Observing self
, Values and Commitment - correct Answers-choices that we deliberately and
consciously make about the directions we want to go in our lives.
◦ Values are not feelings, are a chosen way of being, you pick them, they are complete
in and of themselves (behavior is reward), they change and grow along with us, different
from goals
Functional Contextualism - correct Answers-• Modern philosophy of science rooted in
pragmatism and contextualism
• Assumes all behavior (public and private) occurs in a context and serves a function
Unit of Analysis - correct Answers-Focus on the ongoing act in context (i.e., going to the
store)
Motivation, stimuli, response, consequence
Truth Criterion - correct Answers-What works?
Does it lead to a desired end?
Goal - correct Answers-Describe, predict, and influence psychological events or
behavior
Focus on variables that can be manipulated in context of psychological events
Ex: Depression
Workability - correct Answers-having that thought "work" for you. Not if its true or
rational but does it serve you well to move you towards your values?
Functional Contextualism Core Assumptions - correct Answers-Contexualism
Functional
Monistic-everything a person does is behavior, both public and private
Nonreductionistic
Elemental Realism - correct Answers-Mechanism
Structural
Dualistic
Reductionistic
The nature of FC assumptions shine brightly in ACT - correct Answers-What we think is
just a way of describing or evaluating events---not the way.
Words don't capture reality (or the 'richness of experience')
When one's 'theory' (thoughts) helps you move toward your goals (values), listen to it;
when it doesn't, defuse.
Hold your theories (thoughts) lightly.......
Relational Frame Theory - correct Answers-Functional contextual theory of human
language and cognition
Approaches language and cognition as learned behavior
