Progress in behavior modification. Vol. 9 /

Progress in Behavior Modification, Volume 9 covers the developments in the study of behavior modification. The book discusses the future of behavior therapy; an examination of the rationale and treatment effectiveness of overcorrection; and the therapeutic innovations and emerging conceptual challen...

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Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology.
Group Author: Miller, Peter M. (Peter Michael), 1942- (Editor); Hersen, Michel. (Editor); Eisler, Richard M. (Richard Morton) (Editor)
Published: Academic Press,
Publisher Address: New York ; London :
Publication Dates: 1980.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
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Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/bookseries/0099037X/9
Summary: Progress in Behavior Modification, Volume 9 covers the developments in the study of behavior modification. The book discusses the future of behavior therapy; an examination of the rationale and treatment effectiveness of overcorrection; and the therapeutic innovations and emerging conceptual challenges in the behavioral treatment of test anxiety. The text also describes the conceptual and empirical status of rational-emotive therapy; the behavior modification procedures for training chronically institutionalized schizophrenics; and the behavior modification of the elderly. The behavioral asses.
Item Description: Man. Behaviour modification. Reviews of research (BNB/PRECIS).
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xv, 296 pages)
Bibliography: Bibl.-Index.
ISBN: 9781483219097
1483219097
Index Number: BF637
CLC: B848.4
Contents: Front Cover; Progress in Behavior Modification; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Contributors; Contents of Previous Volumes; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; CONTENTS OF PREVIOUS VOLUMES; CHAPTER 1. THE FUTURE OF BEHAVIOR THERAPY; I. INTRODUCTION; II. CRITICAL ISSUES; III. CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 2. OVERCORRECTION: AN EXAMINATION OF ITS RATIONALE AND TREATMENT EFFECTIVENESS; I. INTRODUCTION; II. COMPONENT ANALYSIS; III. TREATMENT PARAMETERS; IV. OVERCORRECTION AND PUNISHMENT; V. GENERALIZATION AND MAINTENANCE; VI. POLITICAL ISSUES; VII. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Chapter 5. behavior modification procedures for training chronically institutionalized schizophrenicsi. introduction; ii. defining the chronic institutionalized schizophrenic; iii. token economies; iv. training in social skills; v. overcorrection; vi. limited treatment applications; vii. general summary and conclusions; acknowledgments; references; chapter 6. behavior modification with the elderly; i. skills in daily living; ii. improving social and leisure participation of the institutionalized; ii. training in social skills; iv. improving performance on intellectualtasks; v. token economies
Vi. modular behavioral treatment program for building skillsvii. conclusions, criticisms, and recommendations; acknowledgments; references; chapter 7. behavioral assessment and training of children's social skills; i. introduction; ii. assessment of children's social skills; iii. social skills training; iv. conclusion; references; subject index