Unit 3: The Integrative Approach to Psychopathology – Discussion

Discussions are fundamental to shared learning, so please be sure to participate early and often! After you have completed the Reading, and without reviewing your classmate’s responses, post your initial response to the following Discussion. Your post should be at least 400–450 words in length and should extend the discussion of the group supported by your course materials and/or other appropriate resources.

Cognitive Approach to Understanding the Origins of Abnormal Behavior

To prepare for this week’s Discussion, review the following videos in addition to this week’s assigned Reading:

· Maschio, J. (2014). The unconscious mind and behavior . [Video]. Unpublished.

http://extmedia.kaplan.edu/artsSCi/PS440-1404A/Unit03DB/Unit03DB.html

· Duran, M. V. (2013). Learned helplessness. Retrieved from www.cengage.com/custom/ems/psych/shared/video/player.html?video=lrnd_hlplssnss_16446 .

http://www.cengage.com/custom/ems/psych/shared/video/player.html?video=lrnd_hlplssnss_16446

Proceed to this week’s Discussion by discussing the following about theories of how cognition may be linked to mental illness:

LeDoux’s overarching theme for his book The Synaptic Self suggested that “we are what we think” because most behavior originates with a thought, which requires the communication of neurons. For this Assignment, you will be discussing the cognitive approach to understanding the development of abnormal behavior.

1. Explain one of the theories from the cognitive approach about how thinking is believed to increase a person’s vulnerability to develop a mental disorder (e.g., learned helplessness, negative thinking, etc.).

2. Explain from the psychoanalytic approach about the unconscious mind and how it is believed to influence or motivate behavior.

3. Select one of the case studies and refer to either the cognitive approach or the psychoanalytic tradition (unconscious mind) theory and discuss a possible explanation of the individual’s behavior.

The strongest answer will refer to the textbook and concepts from the Reading material.

Plagarsim Freee Please Apa format! I only need one Bullet ANSwered not all four

 

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper discussing the four different schedules of reinforcement.  Include the following:

 

• Describe the four schedules of reinforcement (not continuous reinforcement but the variable schedules).
• Apply the schedules to specific scenarios.
• Describe the behavior patterns that result from the various schedules from both the experimental literature and human application.
• Explain if avoidance training would be beneficial or not, and describe why.