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Peer reviewedStaats, Arthur W. – Child & Family Behavior Therapy, 2003
"A History of the Behavioral Therapies" (O'Donohue, et al., 2001) contains no description of psychological behaviorism (PB) and the role it played as one of the foundations of behavior therapy. This article indicates some of the contributions made by PB that make the missing chapter and related phenomena a major aberration in science. (Contains 39…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Theories, Behaviorism, Cognitive Psychology
Peer reviewedStaats, Arthur W. – Child & Family Behavior Therapy, 1995
Craighead, Craighead, Kazdin, and Mahoney's (1994) text is considered as representative of strengths and weaknesses in behavior therapy. Although the field has great resources and impressive accomplishments, it has the weaknesses of disunified science. Exemplifies strengths and weaknesses together with possible means of remedying the latter. (JPS)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Theories, Behaviorism, Cognitive Restructuring
