SORC Model Psychology Quiz and Flashcards

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Behavioral Assessment

Lack of attention (stimulus) can lead to a behavior, such as taking a pencil from another child, which results in attention (consequence).

SORC Model

Used to conceptualize a client's problem, consisting of:
- S: Stimulus or antecedent conditions that bring on a problem
- O: Organismic variables related to the problem
- R: Response or problematic behavior
- C: Consequences of the problematic behavior

Behavioral Assessment as an Ongoing Process

Ongoing process that occurs before, during, and after treatment
Involves:
- Diagnostic formulations (potential targets for intervention)
- Evaluating patient's context or environment (social support, physical environment, skills)
- Understanding client's behaviors and resources to develop a treatment plan

Treatment

Collaboration between therapist and client
Feedback leads to adjustment of treatment

Behavioral Interviews

Allow therapist to assess client's "hope" for end results
Ultimate outcomes: happiness, life satisfaction, making the world better

Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)

Broader practice that includes treatment informed by various sources
Society of Clinical Psychology developed criteria to evaluate different approaches to therapy/intervention treatments
Referred to as "evidence-based treatments"

Features Common to Many Therapies

Supportive factors: positive relationship, trust, and learning factors leading to behavioral change
Relationship/Therapeutic Alliance: client-therapist relationship is important for successful psychotherapy
Building Competency/Mastery: helping clients learn new things or alter their faulty ways of thinking

Controlled Performance Techniques

Assessment procedure in which the clinician places individuals in a controlled performance situation and collects data on their reaction, performance, and behavior
Approaches include:
- Behavioral Avoidance Tasks
- Fear Arousal Accompanying Responses

Psychophysiological Measures

Used to assess CNS, autonomic nervous system, and skeletal motor activity
Examples: Event Related Potentials (ERP's), Electroencephalographic activity (EEG)

Self-Monitoring

Individuals observe and record their own behaviors, thoughts, and emotions
Keep diaries, logs, or use devices like personal digital assistants (PDA's) or phones
May lead to distortion or wrongful recordings, resistance

Variables Affecting Reliability of Observation

Complexity of target behavior: more complex behaviors lead to greater unreliability of observation

Description

Explore the concepts of behavioral assessment, SORC model, and organismic variables in psychology. Learn how antecedent conditions, individual factors, behavior, and consequences are interconnected in understanding client problems.