The Psychology of Private Events

List of ContributorsPrefacePrivate Events ReferencesExplanation and Intention ReferencesThe Study of Covert Verbal and Nonverbal Mediation Introduction Rationale for Study of Covert Mediators Analysis of Sample Study ReferencesThe Maintenance of Behavior by Self-Generated Stimuli and Reinforcement Introduction A Tentative Working Model of Self-Regulation Self-Reinforcement Self-Monitoring and Self-Control Means for Achieving Self-Control Self-Monitoring ReferencesConstruing Hypnosis as Modifiable Behavior Historical Perspective Modification of Hypnotic Abilities The Utility of Hypnotic Behaviors ReferencesA Second Look at Systematic Desensitization Fear and Avoidance in Desensitization Hierarchies and Relaxation Relaxation Imagery Expectancy ReferencesCovert Conditioning Covert Sensitization Covert Reinforcement Summary ReferencesMood-Emotion-Affect: The Nature of and Manipulation of Affective States with Particular Reference to Positive Affective States and Emotional Illness ReferencesThe Psychophysiology of Private Events An Animal Prototype of the Human Problem of Letting Go A Phenomenological Excursion into Somatic Psychology" The Electropsychological Analysis of Private Events Bio-Feedback: Controlling the "Uncontrollable" ReferencesAuthor IndexSubject Index