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Relational frame theory (RFT) is a psychological theory of human language, cognition, and behaviour. It was developed originally by Steven C. Hayes of University of Nevada, Reno [ 1 ] and has been extended in research, notably by Dermot Barnes-Holmes and colleagues of Ghent University .
RFT refers to when a person pursues a goal in a way that maintains the person's own personal values and beliefs, also known as regulatory orientation. [5] This theory operates on the basic principle that people embrace pleasure but avoid pain, and they then maintain their regulatory fit based on this standard.
The largest listserv is on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and is for professionals who are ACBS members, with the second largest listserv focusing on Relational Frame Theory (the ACT listserv for professionals spawned its own reference books of popular questions/topics called Talking ACT published by New Harbinger Publications and Context ...
Clinical behavior analysis (CBA; also called clinical behaviour analysis or third-generation behavior therapy) is the clinical application of behavior analysis (ABA). [1] CBA represents a movement in behavior therapy away from methodological behaviorism and back toward radical behaviorism and the use of functional analytic models of verbal behavior—particularly, relational frame theory (RFT).
Functional contextualism is a modern philosophy of science [1] rooted in philosophical pragmatism and contextualism.It is most actively developed in behavioral science in general and the field of behavior analysis and contextual behavioral science in particular (see the entry for the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science).
The GEFT was validated against the "parent" form of the test, the EFT, and the Rod-and-Frame Test (RFT) administered with the portable apparatus (PRFT). [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Since Witkin, et al. published the GEFT, other researchers have generated additional data, reporting both higher [ 7 ] [ 8 ] and lower [ 9 ] normative samples.
RFT may refer to: Rational Functional Tester, IBM software; Regulatory focus theory, a psychological theory; Relational frame theory, a psychological theory; Remote field testing, a materials testing method with low-frequency AC; Request for tender, an invitation to product or service suppliers
Borsboom discusses the importance of psychological testing and hence the importance of measurement models in psychometrics. He describes such models as “local philosophies of science” and goes on to discuss several major “global” philosophies of science; logical positivism, instrumentalism, and social constructivism all of which he describes as “anti-realist” to contrast with ...