Behavior modification : principles and procedures
Miltenberger, Raymond G
Behavior modification : principles and procedures Behaviour modification - 6th ed. - xxii, 566p. : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm
Previous edition: Belmont, California: Wadsworth Cengage Learning, 2012.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction to behavior modification -- Part 1. Measurement of behavior and behavior change. Observing and recording behavior -- Graphing behavior and measuring change -- -- Part 2. Basic principles. Reinforcement -- Extinction -- Punishment -- Stimulus control: discrimination and generalization -- Respondent conditioning -- -- Part 3. Procedures to establish new behavior. Shaping -- Prompting and transfer of stimulus control -- Chaining -- Behavioral skills training procedures -- -- Part 4. Procedures to increase desirable behavior and decrease undesirable behavior. Understanding problem behaviors through functional assessment -- Applying extinction -- Differential reinforcement -- Antecedent control procedures -- Using punishment: time-out and response cost -- Positive punishment procedures and the ethics of punishment -- Promoting generalization -- -- Part 5. Other behavior change procedures. Self-management -- Habit reversal procedures -- The token economy -- Behavioral contracts -- Fear and anxiety reduction procedures -- Cognitive behavior modification.
BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION: PRINCIPLES AND PROCEDURES, Sixth Edition, uses a precise, step-by-step, scientific approach to explain human behavior. Case studies and examples illustrate key principles.
9781305109391 (paperback) :
Behaviour modification
Health behaviour
Cognitive therapy
WM 425.
Behavior modification : principles and procedures Behaviour modification - 6th ed. - xxii, 566p. : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm
Previous edition: Belmont, California: Wadsworth Cengage Learning, 2012.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction to behavior modification -- Part 1. Measurement of behavior and behavior change. Observing and recording behavior -- Graphing behavior and measuring change -- -- Part 2. Basic principles. Reinforcement -- Extinction -- Punishment -- Stimulus control: discrimination and generalization -- Respondent conditioning -- -- Part 3. Procedures to establish new behavior. Shaping -- Prompting and transfer of stimulus control -- Chaining -- Behavioral skills training procedures -- -- Part 4. Procedures to increase desirable behavior and decrease undesirable behavior. Understanding problem behaviors through functional assessment -- Applying extinction -- Differential reinforcement -- Antecedent control procedures -- Using punishment: time-out and response cost -- Positive punishment procedures and the ethics of punishment -- Promoting generalization -- -- Part 5. Other behavior change procedures. Self-management -- Habit reversal procedures -- The token economy -- Behavioral contracts -- Fear and anxiety reduction procedures -- Cognitive behavior modification.
BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION: PRINCIPLES AND PROCEDURES, Sixth Edition, uses a precise, step-by-step, scientific approach to explain human behavior. Case studies and examples illustrate key principles.
9781305109391 (paperback) :
Behaviour modification
Health behaviour
Cognitive therapy
WM 425.