ARC Annual Conference April 2o11
Jan 02, 2016
ARC Annual ConferenceApril 2o11
The Magic Formula of Psychologists:
Paradigms
Freud
•Past experiences influence future behavior
•We are rarely aware of why we do what we do
Pavlov – Classical Conditioning
•UCS pair with CS yields a CR•Learning by association and
value•Change association or value,
change behavior
Skinner – Operant Conditioning
The learner interacts with the environment
•Behaviors that are reinforced increase•Behaviors that are punished decrease•Paradigm = Sd – R - Sr
As environments/relationships change, we change
Functional Analysis Why we do what we do?
•Internal•Avoidance/Escape•Affecting Others•Accessing Tangibles
Method of Behavioral Change
•Observe behavior•Define behavior•Measure change•Change behavior
ADVANTAGEMatthew 7:1
“Do not judge, or you too will be Do not judge, or you too will be judgedjudged.”
•Helps us not to “judge” others •Discern the merit of their behaviors•Not to assign value to the person
God calls us to change our motivation
He wants a changed heart
Heart = inner person = wants, desires, passion
Matthew 6:21
For where your treasure is, For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. there your heart will be also.
Case # 1 – Man in the nursing home
•Protecting his daughter•Choking man
The Heart is the source of our behavior
Luke 6:45(Matthew 12:34b)
A good man brings good things out of A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of an evil man brings evil things out of
the evil stored up in his heart. the evil stored up in his heart.
For the mouth speaks what the heart For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. is full of.
Not just do what is right•God want s us to want what is right
Deuteronomy 6:5
Love the LORD your God with all your Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.all your strength.Psalms 37:4
Take delight in the LORD, Take delight in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of and he will give you the desires of
your heart. your heart.
•The Heart is corrupt•We cannot understand it•We cannot change it
Jeremiah 17:9
The heart is deceitful above all things The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. and beyond cure.
Who can understand it? Who can understand it?
Only God can change the heart
Changing the heart is relational
Enhanced by prayer, listening and responding
Recognizing our dependency on Him
Psalm 51:10,17
10 Create in me a pure heart, O God, Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within and renew a steadfast spirit within
me. me. 1717 My sacrifice, O God, is a broken My sacrifice, O God, is a broken
spirit; spirit; a broken and contrite heart a broken and contrite heart you, God, will not despise. you, God, will not despise.
Finding our joy in Him
Psalm 119:32
I run in the path of your I run in the path of your commands, commands,
for you have set my heart free. for you have set my heart free.
Trusting in Him
Proverbs 3:5-6
55 Trust in the LORD with all your Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own heart and lean not on your own understanding; understanding; 66 in all your ways in all your ways submit to him, and he will make submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.your paths straight.
Shaping our relationships with others
1 Peter 1:22
Now that you have purified Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each that you have sincere love for each
other, love one another deeply, from other, love one another deeply, from the heart.the heart.
Case Study #1
Resolution
Case Study #2
Depressed patient assessing needs of spouse
Case Study #3
Personal prayer to love my wife
CONCLUSION
The past influences the present•Through association•Through cues and consequences
But God wants our hearts – our motivation
•This is changed through association with Him•Only the power of the cross can change a heart
One sleepless night of anguished prayer