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Where Has Our Theory Gone? Learning Theory and Intentional Intervention
Author(s) -
Gerber Sterling
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6676.2001.tb01973.x
Subject(s) - intervention (counseling) , psychology , social learning theory , cognition , perception , learning theory , cognitive psychology , selection (genetic algorithm) , reinforcement , social learning , reinforcement learning , cognitive science , psychotherapist , social psychology , computer science , artificial intelligence , pedagogy , neuroscience , psychiatry
Reflecting on the principle that every effective counseling intervention works to the extent that it incorporates sound learning principles, this article emphasizes intentional selection of intervention strategies with reference to 4 learning models: association, reinforcement, cognition‐perceptual, and cognition‐rational/linguistic. Three contexts—developmental, social, and spiritual—are described that require modification of intervention strategy, and a case example is given.