Behavior Modification : What It Is and How to Do It

by Martin, Garry L.; Pear, Joseph

• ISBN13: 9780137002047
• ISBN10: 0137002041
• Edition: 8th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-01-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

This fifth edition of Behavior Modification: What It Is and How To Do It, like its predecessors, assumes no specific prior knowledge about psychology or behavior modification on the part of the reader. Those who want to know how to apply behavior modification to their everyday concerns-from helping children learn life's necessary skills to solving some of their own personal behavior problems-will find the text useful.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction	p. 1
Areas of Application: An Overview	p. 13
Getting a Behavior to Occur More Often With Positive Reinforcement	p. 26
Decreasing a Behavior With Extinction	p. 49
Getting a New Behavior to Occur: An Application of Shaping	p. 64
Developing Behavioral Persistence Through the Use of Intermittent Reinforcement	p. 77
Types of Intermittent Reinforcement to Decrease Behavior	p. 95
Doing the Right Thing at the Right Time and Place is a Matter for Stimulus Discrimination Training	p. 103
Developing Appropriate Behavior With Fading	p. 119
Developing and Maintaining Behavior With Conditioned Reinforcement	p. 131
Getting a New Behavior to Occur With Behavioral Chaining	p. 139
Transferring Behavior to New Settings and Making it Last: Generality of Behavioral Change	p. 151
Eliminating Inappropriate Behavior Through Punishment	p. 164
Establishing a Desirable Behavior by Using Escape and Avoidance Conditioning	p. 179
Procedures Based on Principles of Respondent Conditioning	p. 188
Capitalizing on Existing Stimulus Control: Rules and Goals	p. 206
Capitalizing on Existing Stimulus Control: Modeling, Guidance, and Situational Inducement	p. 219
Behavioral Assessment: Initial Considerations	p. 232
Direct Behavioral Assessment: What to Record and How	p. 243
Assessing and Treating the Causes of Problem Behavior	p. 261
Doing Research in Behavior Modification	p. 272
Planning, Applying, and Evaluating a Treatment Program	p. 288
Token Economies	p. 300
Helping an Individual to Develop Self-Control	p. 313
Systematic Self-Desensitization	p. 335
Cognitive Behavior Modification	p. 350
Areas of Clinical Behavior Therapy	p. 370
Giving it All Some Perspective: A Brief History	p. 382
Ethical Issues	p. 396
References	p. 411
Author Index	p. 443
Subject Index	p. 449
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