Date of Award
Spring 6-15-2018
Document Type
Doctoral Research Paper
Degree Name
Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology
Organizational Unit
Graduate School of Professional Psychology
First Advisor
Michael Karson
Second Advisor
Peter Buirski
Third Advisor
Mac Kentnor
Copyright Statement / License for Reuse

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Keywords
Game theory, Clinical psychology, Graduate students, Training
Abstract
Contents
Groundwork - 4
Game Theory - 4
Game Theory and the System of Clinical Psychology Graduate Training - 6
Psychological Payouts, Reconciling Game Theory and Clinical Psychology - 8
Games in the Training of Psychotherapists - 15
Prisoners’ Dilemmas, Internship and Graduate Applicant Selection - 15
The Strategic Implications of Learning, Nash Equilibria - 21
Commitment Moves, “The Frame,” Psychotherapy, Supervision - 24
Mechanism Design, The Match - 27
Intra-systemic Conflict, Program Design - 30
Conclusion - 34
Works Cited - 36
Copyright Date
4-16-2018
Publication Statement
Copyright is held by the author. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.
Rights Holder
Benjamin David Cornell
Provenance
Received form Author
File Format
application/pdf
Language
English (eng)
Extent
39 pgs
File Size
361 KB
Recommended Citation
Cornell, Benjamin David, "Training Games: An Application of Game Theory to Clinical Psychology Graduate Training" (2018). Graduate School of Professional Psychology: Doctoral Papers and Masters Projects. 293.
https://digitalcommons.du.edu/capstone_masters/293