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Behavior modification : principles and procedures / Raymond G. Miltenberger.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boston, MA : Cengage Learning, [2016]Edition: Sixth editionDescription: xxii, 665 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781305109391 (paperback)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BF 637.B4  .M64 2016
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 procedures -- 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 -- Other behavior change procedures -- Self-management -- Habit reversal procedures -- The token economy -- Behavioral contracts -- Fear and anxiety reduction procedures -- Cognitive behavior modification.
Summary: This book uses a precise, step-by-step, scientific approach to explain human behavior. Case studies and examples illustrate key principles.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Graduate Studies Graduate Studies DLSU-D GRADUATE STUDIES Graduate Studies Graduate Studies BF 637.B4 .M64 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 3CIR201765414

Previous edition: Belmont, California: Wadsworth Cengage Learning, 2012.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 procedures -- 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 -- Other behavior change procedures -- Self-management -- Habit reversal procedures -- The token economy -- Behavioral contracts -- Fear and anxiety reduction procedures -- Cognitive behavior modification.

This book uses a precise, step-by-step, scientific approach to explain human behavior. Case studies and examples illustrate key principles.

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