Includes bibliographical references (pages 501-521) and indexes.
Contents
Measurement of behavior and behavior change. Observing and recording behavior -- Graphing behavior and measuring change -- Basic principles. Reinforcement -- Extinction -- Punishment -- Stimulus control: discrimination and generalization -- Respondent conditioning -- Procedures to establish new behavior. Shaping -- Prompting and transfer of stimulus control -- Chaining -- Behavioral skills training processes -- 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 -- Self-management -- Other behavior change procedures. Habit reversal procedures -- The token economy -- Behavioral contracts -- Fear and anxiety reduction procedures -- Cognitive behavior modification.
