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Contemporary Behavior Therapy

ISBN: 9780534338930 | 0534338933
Edition: 3rd
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
Pub. Date: 7/29/1997

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SummaryTable of Contents
This respected up-to-date survey of contemporary behavior therapy synthesizes the clinical, research, theoretical, and ethical facets of behavior therapy. It is simultaneously an introduction for beginning students and a scholarly review and resource for advanced students. The book is comprehensive, covering all the major behavior therapies. The wealth of case studies illustrate the application of behavior therapy techniques to a wide array of problems and clinical populations. The text's multidisciplinary approach includes applications to diverse fields, including psychology, education, social work, nursing, and rehabilitation.
PART I BASIC PRINCIPLES1(106)
Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION
3(10)
Terminology and Scope
5(1)
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What Is Behavior Therapy? Defining Themes and Characteristics
6(3)
Scientific
6(1)
Active
6(1)
Present Focus
7(1)
Self-Control
7(1)
Learning Focus
7(1)
Other Common Characteristics of Behavior Therapy
8(1)
Therapist-Client Relationship in Behavior Therapy
9(1)
Many Varieties of Behavior Therapy
9(2)
Purpose of This Book
11(1)
Summary
11(1)
Reference Notes
12(1)
Chapter 2 ANTECEDENTS OF CONTEMPORARY BEHAVIOR THERAPY
13(13)
Historical Precursors
14(1)
Early Experimental Work
15(2)
Growing Discontent with Psychoanalysis
17(1)
Formal Beginnings of Contemporary Behavior Therapy
18(2)
Developments in North America
18(1)
Developments in South Africa
19(1)
Developments in Great Britain
20(1)
Acceptance and Growth of Behavior Therapy
20(2)
Emergence of Behavior Therapy
22(1)
Summary
23(1)
References Notes
24(2)
Chapter 3 THE BEHAVIORAL MODEL
26(17)
People Are What They Do: Preeminence of Behavior
27(3)
Behavioral Versus Trait Descriptions of Behavior
27(3)
Overt and Covert Behaviors
30(1)
Covert Behaviors: Special Considerations
31(2)
Why Do We Behave the Way We Do?
33(8)
ABC-Model
33(4)
Present Maintaining Conditions Versus Past Originating Conditions: A Critical Distinction
37(1)
Learning and Environment Versus Heredity and Biology
38(3)
Summary
41(1)
Reference Notes
42(1)
Chapter 4 THE PRACTICE OF BEHAVIOR THERAPY
43(30)
Defining Themes and Common Characteristics of Behavior Therapy in Case 4-1
47(1)
Process of Behavior Therapy: An Overview
48(1)
Clarifying the Problem
48(2)
Designing a Target Behavior
50(6)
Characteristics of Good Target Behaviors
51(1)
Acceleration and Deceleration of Target Behaviors
52(4)
Measuring the Target Behavior
56(1)
Formulating Treatment Goals
56(1)
Identifying Maintaining Conditions
57(2)
Changing Maintaining Conditions
59(1)
Behavior Therapy Research
59(9)
Case Studies
60(1)
Single Subject Studies
60(4)
Experiments
64(4)
What Constitutes Effective Behavior Therapy?
68(2)
Generalization Beyond Therapy
68(1)
Meaningfulness of Change
69(1)
Durability of Change
69(1)
Acceptability of Therapy to the Client
70(1)
Summary
70(1)
Reference Notes
71(2)
Chapter 5 BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT
73(34)
Multimodal and Multimethod Assessment
74(5)
Characteristics of Behavioral Assessment
79(3)
Behavioral Interviews
82(2)
Direct Self-Report Inventories
84(2)
Behavioral Checklists and Rating Scales
86(3)
Self-Recording
89(5)
Reactivity
90(4)
Systematic Naturalistic Observation
94(3)
Simulated Observation
97(2)
Role Playing
99(1)
Physiological Measurements
99(5)
Summary
104(1)
Reference Notes
105(2)
PART II BEHAVIOR THERAPY107(270)
Chapter 6 REINFORCEMENT THERAPY
109(26)
What Is Reinforcement?
110(1)
Positive and Negative Reinforcement
111(1)
Categories of Positive Reinforcers
111(7)
Tangible Reinforcers
112(1)
Social Reinforcers
112(2)
Token Reinforcers
114(1)
Reinforcing Activities
115(3)
Identifying Reinforcers
118(6)
Questioning Clients
118(1)
Exposing Clients to Generalized Reinforcers
118(3)
Observing Clients' Routine Behaviors
121(2)
Alternatives to Identifying Reinforcers
123(1)
Administering Reinforcers
124(2)
Sources of Reinforcers
124(1)
Continuous Versus Intermittent Reinforcement
125(1)
Individual Versus Group Contingencies
125(1)
Guidelines for Administering Reinforcers
126(1)
Initiating Behaviors: Prompting and Shaping
126(7)
Prompting
127(2)
Shaping
129(4)
Summary
133(1)
Reference Notes
134(1)
Chapter 7 DECELERATION BEHAVIOR THERAPY
135(34)
Differential Reinforcement
136(2)
Differential Reinforcement of Incompatible Behaviors
136(1)
Differential Reinforcement of Competing Behaviors
137(1)
Differential Reinforcement of Other Behaviors
137(1)
Differential Reinforcement of Low Response Rates
138(1)
Deceleration Behavior Therapy: Directly Decreasing Undesirable Behaviors
138(1)
Consequential Deceleration Therapy
139(17)
Extinction
139(2)
Time Out from Positive Reinforcement
141(3)
Response Cost
144(3)
Overcorrection
147(3)
Physically Aversive Consequences
150(4)
Effective Use of Consequential Deceleration Therapy
154(1)
Potential Negative Side Effects
155(1)
Aversion Therapy
156(9)
Basic Procedures
157(3)
Covert Sensitization
160(1)
Aversion-Relief Therapy
161(4)
Summary
165(1)
Reference Notes
166(3)
Chapter 8 TOKEN ECONOMY, CONTINGENCY CONTRACT, AND BEHAVIORAL CHILD MANAGEMENT TRAINING
169(29)
Token Economy
170(20)
What Is a Token Economy?
170(1)
Basic Elements
171(1)
The Community Training Center: A Token Economy for Patients with Chronic Psychiatric Disorders
171(6)
Achievement Place: A Token Economy for Juveniles in Trouble with the Law
177(3)
Token Economies for Training Individuals with Mental Retardation
180(1)
Token Economies in the Classroom
181(1)
Token Economies for Individuals
182(6)
Token Economy in Perspective
188(2)
Contingency Contract
190(2)
Behavioral Child Management Training
192(3)
Summary
195(1)
Reference Notes
196(2)
Chapter 9 BRIEF/GRADUATED EXPOSURE THERAPY: SYSTEMATIC DESENSITIZATION AND IN VIVO EXPOSURE
198(35)
Systematic Desensitization: Basic Procedures
200(11)
Relaxation as a Competing Response to Anxiety
200(1)
Constructing an Anxiety Hierarchy
201(5)
The Desensitization Process
206(4)
Essential and Facilitative Components of Systematic Desensitization
210(1)
Variations of Systematic Desensitization
211(12)
Other Competing Responses
211(1)
Other Target Behaviors
212(2)
Group Systematic Desensitization
214(1)
Coping Desensitization
214(1)
Systematic Desensitization in Perspective
215(8)
In Vivo Exposure Therapy
223(5)
Self-Managed In Vivo Exposure
224(3)
In Vivo Exposure Therapy in Perspective
227(1)
Exposure Through Virtual Reality
228(1)
Summary
229(2)
Reference Notes
231(2)
Chapter 10 PROLONGED/INTENSE EXPOSURE THERAPY: FLOODING AND IMPLOSIVE THERAPY
233(27)
Flooding
234(12)
Basic Procedures
234(2)
In Vivo Flooding
236(4)
Imaginal Flooding
240(3)
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
243(2)
Flooding in Perspective
245(1)
Implosive Therapy
246(10)
Implosive Therapy in Perspective
250(6)
Summary
256(1)
Reference Notes
257(3)
Chapter 11 MODELING THERAPY AND SKILLS TRAINING
260(44)
Do What I Do: Basics of Modeling
261(5)
Nature of Modeling Therapy
264(2)
Skills Training
266(3)
Social Skills Training
269(9)
Social Skills Training for Specific Social Skills Deficits
270(2)
Self-Modeling to Treat Social and Other Skills Deficits
272(3)
Social Skills Training for Pervasive Social Skills Deficits
275(1)
Social Skills Training for Clients with Schizophrenia
276(2)
Assertion Training
278(9)
Nature of Assertive Behaviors
278(1)
Assessing Assertive Behavior Deficits
279(4)
Assertion Training Procedures
283(4)
Vicarious Extinction: Reducing Fear by Modeling
287(12)
Live Modeling to Reduce Fear
288(1)
Participant Modeling to Reduce Fear
289(2)
Film/Video Modeling to Reduce Fear
291(5)
Storytelling to Reduce Fear and Other Negative Emotions
296(3)
Summary
299(2)
Reference Notes
301(3)
Chapter 12 COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL THERAPY: COGNITIVE RESTRUCTURING
304(35)
Nature of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
305(4)
Operationalizing Cognitions: Making Private Thoughts Public
306(2)
Assessing Cognitions
308(1)
Thought Stopping
309(2)
Thought Stopping in Perspective
310(1)
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy
311(10)
Rational Emotive Theory of Psychological Disorders
312(2)
Process of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy
314(5)
Rational Emotive Education
319(1)
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy in Perspective
320(1)
Cognitive Therapy
321(14)
Cognitive Therapy Theory of Psychological Disorders
321(1)
Process of Cognitive Therapy
322(2)
Cognitive Interventions
324(1)
Overt Behavioral Interventions
325(4)
Cognitive Therapy for Schizophrenic Delusions
329(1)
Adaptations of Cognitive Therapy to Diverse Populations
330(2)
Cognitive Therapy in Perspective
332(3)
Summary
335(2)
Reference Notes
337(2)
Chapter 13 COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL THERAPY: COPING SKILLS
339(38)
Self-Instructional Training
340(6)
Enhancing the Effects of Self-Instructional Training
344(1)
Self-Instructional Training in Perspective
345(1)
Problem-Solving Therapy/Training
346(11)
Basic Procedures
347(3)
Teaching Problem-Solving Skills to Client
350(2)
Problem-Solving Therapy/Training for Children
352(1)
Problem-Solving Therapy/Training in Perspective
353(4)
Stress Inoculation Training
357(7)
Basic Procedures
357(6)
Stress Inoculation Training in Perspective
363(1)
Cognitive-Behavioral Couple Therapy
364(7)
Skills Training
365(1)
Increasing Positive Behavior Exchanges
365(1)
Cognitive Restructuring for Discrepant Cognitions
365(1)
Acceptance: An Alternative Goal in Couple Therapy
366(2)
Cognitive-Behavioral Couple Therapy in Perspective
368(3)
Summary
371(1)
Reference Notes
372(5)
PART III COMPLEX APPLICATIONS377(96)
Chapter 14 APPLICATIONS TO BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE
379(30)
Treatment of Medical Disorders
380(14)
Essential Hypertension
381(7)
Chronic Pain
388(6)
Adherence to Medical Regimens
394(3)
Taking Medication
395(1)
Engaging in Health-Related Behaviors
396(1)
Keeping Medical Appointments
397(1)
Coping with Medical Procedures
397(3)
Prevention of Medical Problems
400(4)
Cardiovascular Disease
400(1)
Women's Health Care
401(1)
AIDS
401(3)
Summary
404(2)
Reference Notes
406(3)
Chapter 15 APPLICATIONS TO PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS WITH PRIMARY PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
409(28)
Enuresis
410(5)
Urine Alarm
411(11)
Dry-Bed Training
412(3)
Tic Disorders
415(3)
Habit Reversal
417(1)
Insomnia
418(6)
Extinction of Infant and Early Childhood Sleep Problems
418(1)
Behavior Therapy for Adult Insomnia
419(5)
Bulimia
424(3)
Addictive Behaviors and Relapse Prevention
427(6)
Relapse Prevention
429(4)
Summary
433(1)
Reference Notes
434(3)
Chapter 16 BEYOND BEHAVIOR THERAPY: BEHAVIORAL COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY
437(36)
Promoting Safety
439(15)
Wearing Seat Belts
439(6)
Preventing Abduction and Sexual Abuse
445(4)
Teaching Children Basic Survival Skills
449(2)
Promoting Occupational Safety
451(3)
Reducing and Preventing Crime
454(2)
Promoting Healthful Behaviors
456(5)
Making Healthy Food Choices
456(4)
Obtaining Vaccinations
460(1)
Preserving the Natural Environment
461(9)
Reducing Littering
461(2)
Recycling
463(1)
Conserving Residential Electricity
464(2)
Reducing Automobile Travel
466(4)
Summary
470(1)
Reference Notes
471(2)
PART IV ISSUES473(34)
Chapter 17 ETHICAL ISSUES IN BEHAVIOR THERAPY
475(14)
Ethical Issues in Perspective
477(1)
Early Ethical Concerns About Behavior Therapy
477(1)
Current State of Affairs
478(1)
Control and Freedom in Behavior Therapy
478(3)
Providing Clients with Alternatives
478(2)
Client's Role in Choosing Therapy Goals and Procedures
480(1)
Terminating Treatment: Who Decides?
481(1)
Ethical Issues in the Use of Aversive Procedures
481(6)
Misconceptions About Aversive Procedures in Behavior Therapy
482(1)
Principle of Utility
483(1)
Misuse, Abuse, and Safeguards
484(3)
Summary
487(1)
Reference Notes
488(1)
Chapter 18 CONTEMPORARY BEHAVIOR THERAPY IN PERSPECTIVE: STRENGTHS, CHALLENGES, AND CONTROVERSIES
489(18)
Major Strengths of Behavior Therapy
490(4)
Effectiveness
490(1)
Efficiency
491(1)
Breadth and Complexity of Applications
492(1)
Precision in Specifying Goals and Procedures
493(1)
Accountability
493(1)
Challenges
494(6)
Durability of Change
494(2)
Prevention
496(1)
Matching Clients to Therapy
497(1)
Culturally Competent Behavior Therapy
498(1)
Technological Advances and Behavior Therapy
499(1)
Current Controversies
500(4)
Effects of Psychotherapy Integration
500(1)
Is Behavior Therapy in an Identity Crisis?
501(3)
Summary
504(1)
Reference Notes
505(2)
Appendix A GUIDELINES FOR CHOOSING A BEHAVIOR THERAPIST507(6)
Appendix B ANSWERS FOR PARTICIPATION EXERCISES513(14)
Appendix C WORK SHEETS FOR PARTICIPATION EXERCISES527(20)
Glossary547(7)
References554(53)
Name Index607(16)
Subject Index623

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