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Weight Control Through Covert Sensitization and False Feedback
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Elliott, Charles H.; Denney, Douglas R. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1975
Subjects (N=45) were treated with one of three weight control procedures: (a) attention placebo; (b) covert sensitization; and (c) covert sensitization augmented by false physiological feedback. Although all treatment groups lost weight, there was no differential weight loss among the groups at posttest or a 4-week follow-up test. (Author)
Descriptors: Attention, Behavior Change, Behavioral Science Research, Change Strategies
Expectancy, False Galvanic Skin Response Feedback, and Systematic Desensitization in the Modification of Phobic Behavior
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Lick, John – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1975
This study compared systematic desensitization and two pseudotherapy manipulations with and without false galvanic skin response feedback after every session suggesting improvement in the modification of intense snake and spider fear. The results indicated no consistent differences between the three treatment groups. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavioral Science Research, Change Strategies, Conditioning
Weight Gain Through Self-Control Procedures
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Gulanick, Nancy; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1975
Underweight subjects were assigned to either a self-reinforcement condition, a self-punishment condition, or to a discussion/reflection control condition. The subjects received one treatment session per week over a five-week period. After treatment, the self-reinforcement groups gained significantly more pounds (kilograms) than either of the other…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavioral Science Research, Body Weight, Change Strategies
Generalization and Maintenance of Appropriate Behavior Through Self-Control
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Turkewitz, Hillary; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1975
Eight disruptive children attended an after school reading tutorial program one hour a day for 72 days. After baseline, the children evaluated their academic and social behavior. A token program was instituted in which points and backup reinforcers were made contingent upon accurate self-ratings. This program was then gradually modified. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Rating Scales, Behavioral Science Research, Change Strategies
The Generalization of Behavior Modification Procedures: A Review--with Special Emphasis on Classroom Applications
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Wildman, Robert W., II; Wildman, Robert W. – Psychology in the Schools, 1975
Reports of the use of behavior modification in the classroom are reviewed, with special attention given to whether or not generalization of the effects of the behavior modification programs was obtained. The authors develop a set of 15 proposed "rules" for obtaining generalization of the effects of behavior modification procedures. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavioral Science Research, Change Strategies, Classroom Techniques
Behavior Analysis: A Student's Guide.
Frankenberger, William – 1980
This paper provides students with a brief outline of behavioral principles and behavior change techniques, and describes various means of behavior change including operant conditioning. Methods discussed include reinforcement, extinction, punishment, response cost, time-out, overcorrection, training, and data collection for taking a baseline.…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Behavioral Science Research, Change Strategies