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Download full textLeventhal, Allan M. – 1971
The author describes a counseling technique which: (1) is based upon behavior theory and treats acts and thoughts as operants, and anxiety as a respondent controlled by classical conditioning; (2) entails in vivo desensitization, requiring the construction of a hierarchy of anxiety-producing situations which can be enacted; (3) uses peer- or…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems
