The Unanswerable Question When we are asked a question for which we don’t know the answer, most of us will guess. And our guess will be in terms that we understand and accept. If, for example, I ask how high is the Statue of Liberty in America – the guess may be...
II Psychological Theories & Philosophies That Support Cognitive Behavior Management A. Cognitive Theory 01. A person creates a meaning for the world from which to predict and control future events a. Referred to as an ‘inner logic’ or the Theory of Meaning b. All...
Competence Model A. The advent of competence approaches is a fairly late development in human services. 1. Until recent years, professionals have been dominated by defect approaches. a. Adherents of defect approaches assume that pathological, socially deviant...
The Power of Messages Communication has three [03] major components: a sender, a message and a receiver. Each of these components must be consciously examined, and a strategy determined. Since we start from the assumption that we have no control over other persons, we...
V. Cognitive Behavior ManagementSM Strategies Includes a collection of techniques and procedures, often incorporating: eliciting: is the process of asking a person probing questions in order to understand their hidden mental processes and in particular how they...
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