Albert Ellis

Albert Ellis

A) developed a behaviourist view of abnormal behaviour which focused primarily on the role of reinforcement of dysfunctional behaviours.
B) believed that people who were low in self-efficacy were more likely to develop low self-worth.
C) discussed irrational beliefs,which he believed distort responding and increase feelings of worthlessness and hopelessness.
D) argued that people with disorders have underlying cognitive schemata that inappropriately direct their processing of information.
E) was the first to develop a form of cognitive-behavioural therapy,entitled "cognitive- rational therapy".