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Download full textAgras, W. Stewart – 1970
These findings suggest that the relative effect of the main therapeutic procedure and expectancy (defined by the presence or absence of a therapeutic rationale and instructions suggesting a positive outcome from treatment) varies with different behavioral therapies. With reinforced practice and covert sensitization the main therapeutic procedure…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Desensitization, Neurosis
Peer reviewedAgras, W. Stewart – Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 1971
The relationship between three behavior therapies and the experimental behavioral sciences is examined. It is concluded that behavior therapy is one of the few media within which the relevance of the experimental behavioral sciences to clinical medicine can be demonstrated. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Sciences, Desensitization
