Overview
Alan Kazdin, a well-known and highly respected researcher in behavior modification, offers a scholarly, thoroughly contemporary look at behavior modification principles and their application in clinical, home, school, and work settings. By including both applied research and clinical intervention techniques, Kazdin's text provides a balance between research and practice. The new edition is now written in a more conversational style and offers an expanded "how to" focus, giving students opportunities to practice the principles.Incl. fostering behaviors of social concern/ effective prevention of AIDS, cancer, diabetes, etc.
Synopsis
Alan Kazdin, a well-known and highly respected researcher in behavior modification, offers a scholarly, thoroughly contemporary look at behavior modification principles and their application in clinical, home, school, and work settings. By including both applied research and clinical intervention techniques, Kazdin's text provides a balance between research and practice. The new edition is now written in a more conversational style and offers an expanded "how to" focus, giving students opportunities to practice the principles.
Booknews
From empirical research to assessment, evaluation, clinical intervention, and strategies for behavior modification, this book introduces both the underlying principles and their real-world applications in a variety of settings. Case studies, charts, and tables help present the information. This edition includes a new chapter on the use of functional analysis to find the cause of deviant behavior. Kazdin teaches at Yale University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)