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First Course in Applied Behavior Analysis

 

Paul Chance

 

In this creative, engaging approach to behavior analysis, written in clear, jargon-free language, Chance blends realistic examples with research and case studies.  His main goals are for readers to learn the language of behavior analysis, to become acquainted with the most important procedures for changing behavior, and to recognize that scientific method can be used successfully to solve problems. He has created an interactive classroom experience to facilitate the learning and application of practical solutions to behavior problems. In a simulated classroom, course content is presented by Dr. Cee—a fictional instructor whose lectures are punctuated by frequent questions designed to keep readers on their toes and to think critically about a particular topic. This authoritative yet comprehensible text is written for an audience that includes parents, teachers, counselors, psychologists, therapists, and social workers.

The Teacher's Craft

Kazdin, Behavior Modification in Applied Settings, 6/E

Sarafino, Behavior Modification, 2/E

$49.95 list, 485 pages

10-digit ISBN: 1-57766-472-8

13-digit ISBN: 978-1-57766-472-7

© 1998

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Table of Contents

 

Reprinted pieces include:

A Behaviorist’s Feelings (B. F. Skinner) • The Queen’s Scepter (Eric Haughton & Teodoro Ayllon) • The Rewards of Coaching (Hilary Buzas & Teodoro Ayllon) • Rules to Live By (B. F. Skinner) • Shaping Sight (Judith R. Mathews, Gary D. Hodson, William B. Christ, & G. Robert LaRoche) • Chained Routine (Melvyn Hollander & Vivian Horner) • Extinguished Tears (Carl D. Williams) • Exorcising a Witch (Brad A. Alford) • Time Out for Hallucinations (Steve N. Haynes & Pamela Geddy) • Attention (B. F. Skinner) • A Technology of Generalization (Trevor F. Stokes & Donald M. Baer) • Novel Maintenance (Irving Wallace) • Old Obsessions (John E. Calamari, Samantha D. Faber, Brian L. Hitsman, & Christopher J. Poppe) • Right to Effective Treatment (Ron Van Houten and the Task Force on the Right to Effective Treatment)

 

I. INTRODUCTION

1. The ABCs of Applied Behavior Analysis

2. Methods in Applied Behavior Analysis

II. INCREASING THE FREQUENCY OF BEHAVIOR

3. Reinforcement

4. Prompting and Fading

5. Shaping and Chaining

III. DECREASING THE FREQUENCY OF BEHAVIOR

6. Extinction and Differential Reinforcement

7. Punishment

IV. ESTABLISHING DISCRIMINATIONS

8. Discrimination Training

V. GENERALIZATION AND MAINTENANCE

9. Generalization Training

10. Maintenance

VI. MODIFYING RESPONDENT BEHAVIOR

11. Counterconditioning

VII. ETHICS AND THE FUTURE

12. The Ethics of Behavior Change and the Future of Behavior Analysis

VIII. REVIEW

13. Review and Sham Exam

Glossary