Dialectics
What is the middle path?
Balancing all the perspectives to a situation to reach a solution.
What is a fact?
Empirical evidence that uses the 5 senses to give credibility to a claim. It can also be measured
Accepted: Something that can be proven and measured
What is validation?
Being able to understand someone else's perspective.
What is operant conditioning?
Behavior change strategies such as positive or negative reinforcement and positive or negative punishment.
What is dialectic?
Two things that seem opposite can both be true.
What does checking the facts help do?
It helps reduce thinking mistakes, emotion mind and amygdala hijack.
Acceptable: It decreases emotions
What is self validation?
Being able to understand and make sense of your own thoughts, feelings, and experiences.
Rewarding someone with a sticker for doing their DBT homework is an example of what type of operant conditioning?
Positive reinforcement
Give an example of a dialectical dilemma.
Too loose VS too strict
Making light VS making too much of behavior
Forcing dependence VS fostering independence
What are judgments?
Judgments are descriptions of our opinions.
Give an example of a validating statement.
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Taking away 10 mins off a TIBS is an example of what type of operant conditioning?
Negative reinforcement
What is a thinking mistake?
A myth (or lie) that we tell ourselves when we are in emotion mind or amygdala hijack
Name one of the problems that can occur when judgments arise.
1. Distract you from reality
2. Replace a fact
3. When we judge we stop observing
4. They feed negative emotions
Why do we want to validate others?
Because validation drives connection which is a basic human need.
Name one of the four functions of behavior.
Tangible
Avoidance
Automatic
Name all 10 Thinking Mistakes
All or Nothing, Catastrophizing, Mind Reading, Overgeneralization, Mental Filter, Disqualifying the Positive, Emotional Reasoning, Personalization, Labeling, Should Statements
What is the correct thing to do when we notice having a judgment?
Notice it and let it go. Do not judge your judging or try to force yourself to never judge again. Simply notice and move on.
Who wrote the quote "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, people will never forget how you made them feel".
Maya Angelou
Putting someone in jail for reckless driving is an example of what type of operant conditioning?
Positive punishment