Cognitions Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Week 1: EXPOSURE AND BEHAVIORAL ACTIVATION Chapter 1 (Wright et al): Basic Principles of CBT Chapter 1 (O’Donohue & Fisher): Core Principles of CBT Chapter 4 (O’Donohue & Fisher): Exposure Therapy Chapter 2 (O’Donohue & Fisher): Understanding the contingencies of reinforcement Chapter 9 (O’Donohue & Fisher): Behavioral Activation Week 2: COMBINED COGNITIVE-BEHAVIOURAL STRATEGIES The Cognitive Behavioral Model of Medically unexplained symptoms: A theoretical and empirical revi...

More in-depth summary Week 1: EXPOSURE AND BEHAVIORAL ACTIVATION Chapter 1 (Wright et al): Basic Principles of CBT Chapter 1 (O’Donohue & Fisher): Core Principles of CBT Chapter 4 (O’Donohue & Fisher): Exposure Therapy Chapter 2 (O’Donohue & Fisher): Understanding the contingencies of reinforcement Chapter 9 (O’Donohue & Fisher): Behavioral Activation Week 2: COMBINED COGNITIVE-BEHAVIOURAL STRATEGIES The Cognitive Behavioral Model of Medically unexplained symptoms: A theor...

While performing high-quality CPR on an adult, what action should you ensure is being accomplished? - Compressing to a depth of at least 2 inches A 53-year-old woman collapses while gardening. She is unresponsive, is not breathing, and does not have a pulse. A neighbor, who is an emergency medical technician, rushes to her with an AED. When the AED arrives, what is the first step for using it? - Turn on the AED A 53-year-old woman collapses while gardening. She is unresponsive, is not brea...

1.Question:The individual in the following scenario is experiencing which cognitive distortion? “I am feeling so distraught today. Today is not going well. Life sucks.” 2.Question:Which distortion best aligns with this description? “This distortion is when we immediately jump to the worst conclusions about a particular event.” 3.Question:Which distortion best aligns with this description? “People experiencing this distortion have a fixed set of notions about how everyone should beha...

Summary of Task 4 of Methods of Cognitive Neuroscience

1. A current successful application of cognitive psychology is its contributions to our understanding of brain disorders that reflect abnormal functioning, such as schizophrenia. a. True b. False 2. There is a great deal of growth of new neurons and new synapses in the adult brain. a. True b. False 3. In the two decades between 1950 and 1970, cognitive psychology developed as a field by embracing behaviorism. a. True b. False 4. The terminal boutons of one neuron touch the dendrite of...

1.Question:The individual in the following scenario is experiencing which cognitive distortion? “I am feeling so distraught today. Today is not going well. Life sucks.” 2.Question:Which distortion best aligns with this description? “This distortion is when we immediately jump to the worst conclusions about a particular event.” 3.Question:Which distortion best aligns with this description? “People experiencing this distortion have a fixed set of notions about how everyone should beha...

When assessing a conscious patient with an MOI that suggests spinal injury, you should: determine if the strength in all extremities is equal. During your assessment of a 20-year-old man with a severe headache and nausea, you ask him when his headache began, but he does not answer your question immediately. You should: allow him time to think about the question and respond to it. While at the scene of a motor vehicle crash, you determine that there are two critically injured patients and t...

This is a mock exam for course 2.1 cognitive psychology at Erasmus University. I scored 9.5 on this exam, so I tried to make a practice exam for other students that is representative of the important questions they should be able to answer.