PSYC 501 - Principles of Behavior and Cognitive Change

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisites: Officially admitted into Clinical Counseling Program or School Psychology Program.
This course will provide a systematic review of key concepts and principles of contemporary behavior and social learning theory. This material serves as a backdrop for an examination of a functional analytic approach to behavioral assessment and cognitive-behavioral therapeutic interventions. The theoretical rationale and empirical basis of traditional and more recently developed cognitive-behavioral interventions will be reviewed. Examples of these interventions include exposure techniques, contingency management, child-parent training, social skills training, cognitive therapy interventions, motivational interviewing, acceptance and commitment therapy, mindfulness, and dialectical behavioral therapy.