Behavior modification : principles and procedures /
Miltenberger, Raymond G.,
Behavior modification : principles and procedures / Raymond G. Miltenberger, University of South Florida. - Sixth edition. - xxii, 665 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm.
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.
9781305109391 (paperback) 1305109392 (paperback)
2014943046
Behavior modification.
Human behavior.
Attitude change.
Behavioral assessment.
BF637.B4 / M53 2016
Behavior modification : principles and procedures / Raymond G. Miltenberger, University of South Florida. - Sixth edition. - xxii, 665 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm.
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.
9781305109391 (paperback) 1305109392 (paperback)
2014943046
Behavior modification.
Human behavior.
Attitude change.
Behavioral assessment.
BF637.B4 / M53 2016