Activity for the book My Psychology

Chapter App 15.1 Cognitive Therapy

Use your experience with the app in Chapter App: 15.1 Cognitive Therapy or view this video overview to answer the questions.

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Estaban is using the SAM app to work through job-related anxiety. The app prompts him to question his anxious thoughts by asking “How do I know this is true?” and “Is there a more helpful way to think?” These questions resemble the goals of which form of cognitive therapy, which seeks to challenge illogical beliefs and adopt more logical ones?
The SAM app offers several exercises designed to prompt users to consider their reactions to anxiety-producing events and come up with new and positive ways to think about them. This strategy is similar to a technique in rational-emotive behavior therapy, in which the patient identifies the sequence that leads from illogical thinking to logical thinking about particular events. This technique is known as .
The SAM app draws from many concepts in psychodynamic and behavior therapy for its tools and exercises. Which of the following SAM resources is based on the formation of an anxiety hierarchy?
The SAM app suggests several options for relaxation training, in which the user practices ways to relax physically or mentally in the face of anxiety. In one exercise, the user is instructed to shift their attention away from anxiety-producing thoughts and focus instead on relaxing thoughts and sensations. In the context of exposure therapy, the practice of pairing this kind of relaxation with the source of anxiety is known as .
The SAM app offers many examples of cognitive distortions, which describe the various forms that irrational thoughts can take. Which of the following cognitive distortions provides an example of personalization?