Wray Alisha M, Freund Rachel A, Dougher Michael J
University of New Mexico.
Behav Anal. 2009 Spring;32(1):29-49. doi: 10.1007/BF03392174.
Cognitive bias refers to a well-established finding that individuals who suffer from certain clinical problems (e.g., depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder, substance abuse, etc.) selectively attend to, remember, and interpret events relevant to their condition. Although a body of literature exists that has tried to examine this phenomenon, most existing explanations are mentalistic and mediational. In this paper we offer a behavior-analytic account of cognitive bias, its development, and how it may contribute to maintenance of clinical problems. This account is based on establishing operations or motivating events, verbal processes, and relational responding. Clinical and future research implications are also discussed.
认知偏差指的是一个已被充分证实的现象,即患有某些临床问题(如抑郁症、焦虑症、创伤后应激障碍、药物滥用等)的个体,会选择性地关注、回忆并解读与自身状况相关的事件。尽管已有大量文献试图研究这一现象,但大多数现有解释都是基于心理主义和中介作用的。在本文中,我们从行为分析的角度阐述认知偏差、其发展过程以及它如何可能导致临床问题的持续存在。这一阐述基于建立操作或激发事件、言语过程和关系反应。我们还讨论了其临床意义及对未来研究的启示。