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.
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.
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 judgements?
Judgements are descriptions of our opinions.
Give an example of a validating statement
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Taking away 10 minutes off a TIBS is an example of what type of operant conditioning?
Negative Reinforcement
What is a Thinking Mistake?
A myth that we tell ourselves when we are in emotion mind or amygdala hijack
Name one of the problems that can occur when judgements arise
- distract from reality
- replace facts
- when we judge we stop observing
- they tend to feed negative emotions
- positive judgements are fragile (something deemed good can also be deemed bad)
Why do we want to validate others?
Because validation drives connection which is a basic human need
attention seeking
tangible
avoidance
automatic/sensory
Name all 10 thinking mistakes
1. All or Nothing
2. Catastrophizing
3. Mind Reading
4. Overgeneralization
5. Mental Filter
6. Disqualifying the Positive
7. Emotional Reasoning
8. Personalization
9. Labeling
10. Should Statements
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