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Scoresby, A. Lynn; And Others – Family Coordinator, 1974
This paper presents rationale, methodology, and implications for using action plans to facilitate behavior modification of college students in marriage education courses. Case studies are given as illustration of how action plans may be implemented. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavioral Science Research, Case Studies, College Students
Watkins, Helen H. – 1973
An active five-session, individualized treatment approach to the stopping of smoking is described. This approach emphasized the following: (a) the feedback, in and out of hypnosis, of the client's own reasons for quitting, (b) the visualization of both positive and negative smoking experiences meaningful to the client, (c) maintaining contact with…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavioral Science Research, College Students, Health Education
Saunders, Arpiar G., Jr. – 1974
This paper reflects an attempt to chronicle the events, articles, and hearings which concerned the application of behavior technology in adult prison systems between January 1, 1973 and November 1, 1974. The events of this time period are viewed by the author as demanding the attention of behavior therapists, legislators, correctional officials,…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavioral Science Research, Conditioning, Correctional Rehabilitation
Van Sickle, Douglas J. – 1977
This paper describes the results of a study to: (1) design and evaluate three clinically practicable (e.g., non-analogue) regimens which emphasize treatment components of either behavioral rehearsal and feedback, anxiety management, or a combination of anxiety management and behavior reversal/feedback, and (2) examine the relative effectiveness of…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Anxiety, Assertiveness, Behavior Change
Hendricks, C. G.; And Others – 1975
Anxiety, or stress and tension, is a major problem in education for teachers as well as students. Training in the self-management of stress and tension seeks to help a person learn how to reduce tension and how to change the stress-producing features of the environment. The training program described in this paper is based on a variation of…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Anxiety, Behavior Change, Behavioral Science Research
Jason, Leonard A.; Glenwick, David S. – 1977
This article describes the use of the precise feedback and negative reinforcement to ameliorate problems at a community health center. Both procedures were successful in improving the performance (returning toys to their appropriate places) of undergraduate paraprofessionals involved in an educational program for disadvantaged children. The study…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavioral Science Research, Community Services, Feedback
Eckstein, Daniel G. – 1977
This paper discusses some of the author's experiences in two sexually homogeneous environments, a male juvenile correctional facility and a four-year womens college, from an Adlerian perspective. Although unrelated, the two populations have important similarities and differences, such as that incarcerated male juveniles and college females often…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavioral Science Research, Case Studies, College Students
Cox, Richard H., Ed. – 1979
The papers included in this collection focus on two topics: teaching behavior in physical education, or women in sport. The papers include the following: A Model for the Study of Pygmalion Effects in Physical Education; A Need to Look at Dyadic Interactions; An Observational Study of Teacher's Expectancy Effects and Their Mediating Mechanisms;…
Descriptors: Athletics, Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research
Sapon, Stanley M. – 1968
At the Child Language Development Center at the University of Rochester, basic research in children's verbal behavior and the exploration of procedures for extending successful laboratory techniques to the typical preschool setting are being continued. Experiments in contingency management and the establishment of requisite antecedent behaviors…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavioral Objectives, Behavioral Science Research, Child Development Centers