Behavior Modification in Applied Settings
Alan Kazdin, a well-known and highly respected researcher in behavior modification, offers a scholarly, thoroughly contemporary look at behavior modification principles and their application in clinical, home, school, and work settings. By including both applied research and clinical intervention techniques, Kazdin's text provides a balance between research and practice. The new edition is now written in a more conversational style and offers an expanded "how to" focus, giving students...
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Alan Kazdin, a well-known and highly respected researcher in behavior modification, offers a scholarly, thoroughly contemporary look at behavior modification principles and their application in clinical, home, school, and work settings. By including both applied research and clinical intervention techniques, Kazdin's text provides a balance between research and practice. The new edition is now written in a more conversational style and offers an expanded "how to" focus, giving students opportunities to practice the principles. Booknews From empirical research to assessment, evaluation, clinical intervention, and strategies for behavior modification, this book introduces both the underlying principles and their real-world applications in a variety of settings. Case studies, charts, and tables help present the information. This edition includes a new chapter on the use of functional analysis to find the cause of deviant behavior. Kazdin teaches at Yale University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
PrefaceAbout the Author1Introduction12Principles of Operant Conditioning333How to Identify, Define, and Assess Behavior674Functional Analysis: From Assessment to Intervention1015How to Evaluate a Behavior Modification Program1236Positive and Negative Reinforcement1577Punishment2038Extinction2439Special Technique Variations to Enhance Performance26710Self-Control Techniques30111Cognitively Based Treatment33312Response Maintenance and Transfer of Training36913Social, Ethical, and Legal Contexts39514Current Issues and Future Directions429Glossary449References467Author Index493Subject Index501
\ BooknewsFrom empirical research to assessment, evaluation, clinical intervention, and strategies for behavior modification, this book introduces both the underlying principles and their real-world applications in a variety of settings. Case studies, charts, and tables help present the information. This edition includes a new chapter on the use of functional analysis to find the cause of deviant behavior. Kazdin teaches at Yale University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
