RFT - correct answer ✔✔Relational Frame Theory
Two types of language - correct answer ✔✔*public
*private
public language - correct answer ✔✔talking
private language - correct answer ✔✔thinking
usefulness of language - correct answer ✔✔*communicate with those far away
*predict and plan for future
*solve complex problems
*develop rules and laws to regulate behavior of ourselves and others
*learn from people and cultures that no longer exist
negative effects of language - correct answer ✔✔*hateful and prejudiced beliefs about others
*negative opinions about ourselves
*obsess over and "re-live" traumatic events
*develop rules for acting out that can be ineffective/harmful
*difficult to maintain "contact" with present moment
*worry about past/future, we don't appreciate now
Relational Frame Theory attempts to: - correct answer ✔✔understand language, how it works and use
its bright side effectively to reduce negative impact of dark side
two frequently studied features of human language - correct answer ✔✔*symbolism