Behavior Modification
What It Is and How To Do It
12th Edition
Published on 23. January 2024
408 pages
978-1-000-98868-0 (ISBN)
Description
Behavior Modification is a comprehensive, practical presentation of the principles of behavior modification and guidelines for their application. It introduces forms of behavior modification ranging from helping children learn necessary life skills, to training pets, to solving personal behavior problems. It teaches practical "how-to" skills, including discerning long-term effects; designing, implementing, and evaluating behavioral programs; interpreting behavioral episodes; observing and recording behaviors; and recognizing instances of reinforcement, extinction, and punishment.
The material is presented in an engaging, readable format that assumes no prior knowledge of behavior modification or psychology. Specific cases and examples clarify issues and make the principles real. Guidelines throughout provide a ready source to use as a reference in applying the principles. Questions for Learning, an average of 25 per chapter, are included to support students in checking their knowledge of the material when preparing for tests and exams. Application Exercises are also included in most chapters to assist students in the development of the practical skills they will need to complete behavior modification projects effectively.
Behavior Modification is ideal for courses in Behavior Modification, Applied Behavior Analysis, Behavior Therapy, the Psychology of Learning, and related areas; and for students and practitioners of various helping professions-such as clinical psychology, counselling, education, medicine, nursing, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, psychiatric nursing, psychiatry, social work, speech therapy, and sport psychology-who are concerned directly with enhancing various forms of behavior development.
The material is presented in an engaging, readable format that assumes no prior knowledge of behavior modification or psychology. Specific cases and examples clarify issues and make the principles real. Guidelines throughout provide a ready source to use as a reference in applying the principles. Questions for Learning, an average of 25 per chapter, are included to support students in checking their knowledge of the material when preparing for tests and exams. Application Exercises are also included in most chapters to assist students in the development of the practical skills they will need to complete behavior modification projects effectively.
Behavior Modification is ideal for courses in Behavior Modification, Applied Behavior Analysis, Behavior Therapy, the Psychology of Learning, and related areas; and for students and practitioners of various helping professions-such as clinical psychology, counselling, education, medicine, nursing, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, psychiatric nursing, psychiatry, social work, speech therapy, and sport psychology-who are concerned directly with enhancing various forms of behavior development.
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Edition
12th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
25 Tables, color; 32 Line drawings, color; 24 Halftones, color; 56 Illustrations, color
ISBN-13
978-1-000-98868-0 (9781000988680)
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Persons
Garry Martin is internationally known for his nine co-authored or co-edited books, 177 journal articles, and 106 invited conference presentations in six countries on various areas in Behavioral Modification, including intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorder, and sport psychology. He has received numerous honors and awards including the Distinguished Contribution Award from the Canadian Psychological Association and an induction into the Royal Society of Canada.
Joseph Pear was internationally known for his work in both Basic and Applied Behavior Analysis. In addition to co-authoring this book with Garry, he has authored two other books and authored or co-authored 12 book chapters, six encyclopedia entries, seven published conference proceedings, two invited newsletter contributions, 60 invited conference presentations and symposia, and 57 peer-reviewed journal articles in diverse areas of Basic and Applied Behavior Analysis. He has received numerous awards and distinctions, including being elected a fellow in both Division 6 ("Society for Behavioral Neuroscience and Comparative Psychology") and Division 25 ("Behavior Analysis") of the American Psychological Association.
Joseph Pear was internationally known for his work in both Basic and Applied Behavior Analysis. In addition to co-authoring this book with Garry, he has authored two other books and authored or co-authored 12 book chapters, six encyclopedia entries, seven published conference proceedings, two invited newsletter contributions, 60 invited conference presentations and symposia, and 57 peer-reviewed journal articles in diverse areas of Basic and Applied Behavior Analysis. He has received numerous awards and distinctions, including being elected a fellow in both Division 6 ("Society for Behavioral Neuroscience and Comparative Psychology") and Division 25 ("Behavior Analysis") of the American Psychological Association.
Content
Preface, About the 12th Edition of This Book, Changes in the 12th Edition, Digital Materials for Professors and Students: Test Questions, Practica, PowerPoint Slide Material, and Flashcards, To the Student, Acknowledgments, Using This Book to Study for the Behavior Analysis Certification Board (R) Examinations, PART I. THE BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION APPROACH, CHAPTER 1 Introduction, CHAPTER 2. Areas of Application: An Overview, CHAPTER 3. Defining, Measuring, and Recording Target Behavior, CHAPTER 4. Doing Behavior Modification Research, PART II. BASIC BEHAVIORAL PRINCIPLES AND PROCEDURES, CHAPTER 5. Respondent (Classical, Pavlovian) Conditioning of Reflexive Behavior, CHAPTER 6. Increasing a Behavior With Positive Reinforcement, CHAPTER 7. Increasing Behavior With Conditioned Reinforcement, CHAPTER 8. Decreasing a Behavior With Operant Extinction, CHAPTER 9. Getting a New Behavior to Occur With Shaping, CHAPTER 10. Developing Behavioral Persistence With Schedules of Reinforcement, CHAPTER 11. Responding at the Right Time and Place: Operant Stimulus Discrimination and Stimulus Generalization, CHAPTER 12. Changing the Stimulus Control of a Behavior With Fading, CHAPTER 13. Getting a New Sequence of Behaviors to Occur With Behavior Chaining, CHAPTER 14. Differential Reinforcement Procedures to Decrease Behavior, CHAPTER 15. Decreasing Behavior With Punishment, CHAPTER 16. Establishing Behavior by Escape and Avoidance Conditioning, CHAPTER 17. Respondent and Operant Conditioning Together, CHAPTER 18. Transferring Behavior to New Settings and Making It Last: Programming of Generality of Behavior Change, PART III. CAPITALIZING ON OPERANT ANTECEDENT CONTROL PROCEDURES, CHAPTER 19. Antecedent Control: Rules and Goals, CHAPTER 20. Antecedent Control: Modeling, Physical Guidance, and Situational Inducement, CHAPTER 21. Antecedent Control: Motivation, PART IV. PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER TO DEVELOP EFFECTIVE BEHAVIORAL PROGRAMS, CHAPTER 22. Functional Assessment of Causes of Problem Behavior, CHAPTER 23. Planning, Applying, and Evaluating a Behavioral Program, CHAPTER 24. Token Economies, CHAPTER 25. Helping an Individual to Develop Self-Control, PART V. BEHAVIOR THERAPY FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS, CHAPTER 26. Behavioral Approaches to Psychotherapy: Cognitive Restructuring, Self-Directed Coping Methods, and Mindfulness and Acceptance Procedures, CHAPTER 27. Psychological Disorders Treated by Behavioral and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies, PART VI. A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE AND ETHICAL ISSUES, CHAPTER 28 Giving It All Some Perspective: A Brief History, CHAPTER 29. Ethical Issues, Glossary, References, Author Index, Subject Index
