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Self-Directed Behavior : Self-Modification for Personal Adjustment

ISBN: 9780534527365 | 0534527361
Edition: 8th
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
Pub. Date: 8/17/2001

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SummaryTable of Contents
This effective self-help book presents a workable set of skills that readers can use for tackling their own self-modification programs, whether it be to improve self-confidence in dating, control overeating, implement and exercise program, or give up smoking. The authors' goal is to teach the basic skills necessary for readers to modify the behavior of their own choice, (66%-84% of the students employing these methods have achieved their self-change goals according to published studies in the literature). Once students have applied the principl... MORE
Prefaceix
For Further Research on the World Wide Webxii
Adjustment and the Skills of Self-Direction
1(29)
... MORE
Outline and Learning Objectives
1(1)
Adjustment and Self-Direction
2(5)
The Skills of Self-Direction and the Purpose of This Book
7(3)
Actions Are Embedded in a Context
10(2)
The Process of Self-Modification
12(5)
Does Self-Modification Work?
17(6)
Chapter Summary
23(1)
Your Own Self-Direction Project: Step 1
24(6)
Forethought: Specifying Targets, Anticipating Obstacles, and Creating Goals
30(36)
Outline and Learning Objectives
30(1)
Specifying Targets for Change
31(8)
Anticipating Obstacles
39(13)
Putting Goals in Focus
52(10)
Tips for Typical Topics
62(1)
Chapter Summary
62(2)
Your Own Self-Direction Project: Step 2
64(2)
Self-Knowledge: Observation and Recording
66(39)
Outline and Learning Objectives
66(1)
Why Observe Ourselves?
67(1)
Structured Diaries
68(6)
Recording Frequency and Duration
74(6)
Rating the Intensity of Emotions
80(6)
Practicalities of Record Keeping
86(1)
What to Record
87(7)
Planning for Change
94(3)
Tips for Typical Topics
97(5)
Chapter Summary
102(2)
Your Own Self-Direction Project: Step 3
104(1)
The Principles of Self-Regulation
105(26)
Outline and Learning Objectives
105(1)
Regulation Theory
106(2)
Developmental Theory: Regulation by Others and Regulation by Self
108(2)
The Development of Language Regulation
110(2)
Consequences
112(5)
Antecedents
117(3)
Respondent Behavior and Conditioning
120(3)
Modeling
123(4)
Chapter Summary
127(2)
Your Own Self-Direction Project: Step 4
129(2)
Antecedents
131(28)
Outline and Learning Objectives
131(1)
Identifying Antecedents
132(4)
Modifying Old Antecedents
136(6)
Arranging New Antecedents
142(10)
Tips for Typical Topics
152(5)
Chapter Summary
157(1)
Your Own Self-Direction Project: Step 5
158(1)
Behaviors: Actions, Thoughts, and Feelings
159(39)
Outline and Learning Objectives
159(1)
Substituting New Thoughts and Behaviors
160(4)
Subtitutions for Anxiety and Stress Reactions
164(5)
Relaxation
169(7)
Developing New Behaviors
176(8)
Shaping: The Method of Successive Approximations
184(4)
Tips for Typical Topics
188(7)
Chapter Summary
195(1)
Your Own Self-Direction Project: Step 6
196(2)
Consequences
198(40)
Outline and Learning Objectives
198(2)
Discovering and Selecting Reinforcers
200(4)
Using Others to Dispense Reinforcers
204(4)
Self-Administered Consequences
208(3)
Techniques of Self-Reinforcement
211(11)
Self-Punishment and Extinction
222(4)
Reinforcement in Plans for Self-Modification
226(4)
Tips for Typical Topics
230(6)
Chapter Summary
236(1)
Your Own Self-Direction Project: Step 7
237(1)
Developing a Successful Plan
238(25)
Outline and Learning Objectives
238(1)
Combining A, B, and C Elements
239(5)
The Elements of a Good Plan
244(10)
Evaluating Your Plan for Change
254(6)
Tips for Typical Topics
260(1)
Chapter Summary
261(1)
Your Own Self-Direction Project: Step 8
262(1)
Problem Solving and Relapse Prevention
263(24)
Outline and Learning Objectives
263(1)
Problem Solving
264(10)
Relapse Prevention
274(10)
Chapter Summary
284(1)
Your Own Self-Direction Project: Step 9
285(2)
Termination and Beyond
287(14)
Outline and Learning Objectives
287(1)
Formal Termination: Planning to Maintain Gains
288(6)
Beyond the Ending
294(5)
Chapter Summary
299(1)
Your Own Self-Direction Project: Step 10
299(2)
Bibliography301(24)
Name Index325(10)
Subject Index335

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