Pardon Me, But...
I didn't take the time to organize my thinking on this; I just want to
get the thoughts down on paper pixels.
In the late 80's to early 90's, psychologists and psychiatrists who were not psychodynamically oriented developed a branch known as cognitive therapy. This essentially was an outgrowth of behavioral therapy. Pure behaviorists are fond of pointing out that it was not really new; after all, thinking is just a specialized form of behavior; therefore, cognitive therapy is just a specialized form of behavioral therapy.
It occurs to me that it might make sense to think of emotions and logic in the same way. That is, logic is just a specialized form of emotion. Continue reading here.
Categories: armchair musings
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In the late 80's to early 90's, psychologists and psychiatrists who were not psychodynamically oriented developed a branch known as cognitive therapy. This essentially was an outgrowth of behavioral therapy. Pure behaviorists are fond of pointing out that it was not really new; after all, thinking is just a specialized form of behavior; therefore, cognitive therapy is just a specialized form of behavioral therapy.
It occurs to me that it might make sense to think of emotions and logic in the same way. That is, logic is just a specialized form of emotion. Continue reading here.
Categories: armchair musings
Technorati tags: psychology
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posted by : Joseph j7uy5 at 7/10/2005 11:35:00 AM
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