imagine that you are a behaviorist. What are the types of questions you would ask your depressed patient?

Question

What would you not, given your theoretical orentation?

Answer 1

A behaviorist would ask what types of actions the patient is doing when s/he is becoming depressed, what kinds of things they do while they are depressed, and what are some things they enjoy doing that might bring them out of their depression.

They would typically not ask questions regarding their internal monologue while the patient is depressed.

Answer 2

Behaviorism concludes that a person's actions (behavior) does not arise from any 'internal process' or is a result of any psychological processes within a person. It states that the way we behave is a result of external, environmental factors shaping our behavior. I concede that this is an extremely limited and narrow definition of Behaviorism. Therefore, addressing the question here, the patient may be asked about the event that brought about his/her depressed feelings, and, in order to expand the patient's knowledge of self, how prior 'depressing events' were addressed and overcome by the patient.

Answer 3

Uhm, those are TWO questions - first you ask what would you ask and then you ask what would you not ask. Which is it?

Anyway, a behaviorist would ask about how you behave, how you act. If I were a behaviorist and you were my depressed patient, I would not ask you about your feelings or emotions. I would not ask "So, how does that make you feel?". That would be more the humanist approach (see Carl Rogers).

Answer 4

For starters-I would not say.. "Come here often"?
I would ask them to tell me why they are here ; and ask how long they've been experiencing these symptoms . Then I would try to find out if they have undergone recent changes in their life ; and go from there .

Answer 5

how often do you masterbate and how often do you have sex