Chapter 9 - Behavioral Activation

Question 1

Behavioral activation (BA)

Answer 1

increase client contact with diverse, stable, and personally meaningful positive reinforcement

thereby reducing depressive symptoms and increasing purpose and meaning in life.

Focus on increasing positively reinforced behavior rather than decreasing negatively reinforced behavio

Question 2

Psychopathology research on BA’s principle

Answer 2

individuals with depression report the occurrence of less reinforcement compared to control participants ( individuals with other disorders / without psychological disorders