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Albert Ellis developed Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) based on the ABC model of emotion. The model proposes that activating events lead to emotional and behavioral consequences based on an individual's belief system. Ellis believed that people condition themselves to be disturbed by irrational beliefs rather than external factors. The theory aims to dispute irrational beliefs through cognitive restructuring to minimize emotional disturbance. It has been proven scientifically valid and formed the basis for most cognitive therapies.

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ABC Theory

Albert Ellis developed Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) based on the ABC model of emotion. The model proposes that activating events lead to emotional and behavioral consequences based on an individual's belief system. Ellis believed that people condition themselves to be disturbed by irrational beliefs rather than external factors. The theory aims to dispute irrational beliefs through cognitive restructuring to minimize emotional disturbance. It has been proven scientifically valid and formed the basis for most cognitive therapies.

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ABC THEORY OF EMOTION

Presented by
Sarin Dominic
Msc. Applied Psychology
Bharathair University
Overview

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A biography of Albert Ellis
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Basic assumptions about human nature of
the theorist
➔
Salient features of the theory
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The theory
➔
Neurophysiological explanation
➔
Examples
Albert Ellis

Born in 1913 in Pittsburgh and grew up in New York

MA and PH.D from Columbia University.

He developed a pattern of taking care of himself and being self responsible.

He practiced Psychoanalysis from1947-1953 but he was not satisfied with it

He saw that his clients were never symptom free, so he developed REBT and began
using it by 1950’s

He invented the A-B-C model which is applied to the understanding of personality and
factors that effect personality change.

Ellis has written some 725 articles and 60 books.

1- Reason and Emotion in Psychotherapy (1962)

2- The Rational Emotive Approach (1973)

3- A New Guide Rational Living (1997)

In 1959 he founded the Rational Motive Therapy Institute as a nonprofit educational
foundation to trainprofessionals and to spread self help applications to public.
Basic assumptions of human
nature of Albert Ellis

People have biological and cultural tendency to think irrationally
and to disturb themselves.

Humans are unique in the way they invent their irrational beliefs
and continue to be disturbed by them.

People themselves condition themselves to be disturbed rather
than the environment or external factors.

People have the capacity and potential to change themselves
by changing their cognition, emotion and behavior to remain
minimum disturbed for the rest of their lives.

Humans through constant self talk, self evaluation and self
assessment develop emotional and behavioral difficulties such
as need or desire for love, approval and success; this hinders
the self growth and self actualization
Salient Features of the theory

Used simultaneously as theory of personality, theory of


emotion and a model of psychotherapy
Consistent with the underlying assumption of Stoic
philosophy
The model was proven to be scientifically valid by
psychosomatic research of Grace and Graham as well as
Luria
Basic foundation for most cognitive therapies
Has numerous theoretical revisions
The theory


A-B-C Theory of Emotion

A- Refers to an activating event

B- Refers to the belief system of the individual

C- To the consequence

later Ellis’s added D and the E component as well
so it is AB-C-D-E

Where D refers to Disputing or debating or
challenging the irrational beliefs

E refers to the Effect or impact of the debate on
minimizing irrationality in one’s attitude.
A-B-C Theory of Emotion

C =Outputted
B2 = Cognitive
A = Activating Event Emotive Behavioral
Processing
Response

A C
B
B1 = Emotive B =belief system
Processing Including 'attitudes'

A+B=C
Neurophysiological explanation

➢
Emotional responses seem to be built, or hardwired, into the
brain
➢
Depending on what meaning the neocortex ascribes to a
stimulus, a particular neural pathway will be activated that will
consistently lead to a particular emotional or physiological
response (LeDoux, 1995).
➢
Emotional learning appears to be stimulus learning as opposed
to response learning (LeDoux, 1995), meaning that we learn the
meaning of the stimulus, not the particular emotional response.
➢
In other words, we learn which stimuli we should fear, when we
should be angry, what we should like or love, etc., our brain
responds accordingly, and we respond in a seemingly natural,
effortless manner.
ABC model of loss and grief

Activating event
Death of a significant person

Dysfunctional Functional
(demandingness)
Beliefs (preference)
Self drowning Self acceptance

Maladaptive Consequences Adaptive


Keywords


ABC Theory

Activating event

Belief system

Consequences

Rationality
References


Dryden, W., (1989) The use of chaining in Rational-Emotive
Therapy. Journal of Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavior
Therapy, 7, 59-66

Mariusz Wirga,Michael De Bernardi,(1994) Las Vegas (NM) Medical
Center, The ABCs of Cognition, Emotion, and Action, Journal of
Rational-Emotive and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy, 13

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