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Record 1 1993-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
CONT

The RET [Rational-Emotive Therapy] "A-B-C theory" of personality holds that should an unfortunate event such as a family quarrel be followed by extreme anxiety or some other undesirable emotional consequence, inquiry will disclose that consequence C was caused not by activating event A, but rather by some irrational belief or beliefs B about the nature or meaning of the quarrel ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
CONT

Ellis [psychothérapeute américain] étonne par la véhémence avec laquelle il soutient que les pensées irrationnelles sont en grande partie innées, instinctives ou biologiquement déterminées [...] La plupart des irrationalités seraient conformes aux enseignements sociaux, parentaux et ne semblent pas susceptibles de modification par simple apprentissage [...]

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