Converging on a richer understanding of human behavior and experience through a blending of cognitive and clinical psychology.
McClelland, Kemps, and Tiggemann's (this issue) use of experimental methods typically used in cognitive psychology to reduce the intensity of food cravings formed the basis for maintaining that an understanding of human experiences and behaviors requires a blending of cognitive and clinical psychological approaches. Clinical psychology can adapt cognitive models of information processing to understand the mechanisms underlying clinical phenomena and to create and evaluate effective interventions. Cognitive psychology should broaden its scope to include information relevant to clinical phenomena, such as desire, attitudes, self-regulation, and temperament. Only through a blending of these two fields will we converge on a richer understanding of human behavior and experience.
Roskos-Ewoldsen
Beverly
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Department of Psychology, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa 35487-0348, USA. broskos@bama.ua.edu
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001245:Association Learning; D001288:Attention; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D003463:Cues; D004328:Drive; D004538:Eidetic Imagery; D005133:Eye Movements; D005260:Female; D005518:Food Preferences / Q000523:psychology*; D006185:Habituation, Psychophysiologic; D006801:Humans; D006815:Hunger; D007206:Individuality; D007389:Internal-External Control; D009949:Orientation; D011586:Psychology, Clinical; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D016896:Treatment Outcome