Demonstrates that both male and female neonates habituate and dishabituate to repeated and novel speech sounds. Results of a head-turning sound-localization task with 24 full-term neonates showed two basic processes: spatial orientation to sounds and response decrement to repeated speech sounds followed by response increment to novel speech…

Effects of intervention strategies on an autistic boy's inappropriate touching behavior were investigated. Baseline frequencies of inappropriate touching were high. A positive practice arm movements overcorrection reduced inappropriate touching significantly. An alternative response/asking for permission program was added to overcorrection…

Describes the use of a penny game as a counseling technique to interrupt an unwanted cycle of behavior between spouses. The game can be explained in terms of both paradox and power and is useful with several marriage counseling techniques which teach more appropriate verbal behavior. (JAC)

Administered a questionnaire on expected effects of alcohol to 150 college students. Results showed that subjects expected alcohol to affect other people more than themselves for both positive and negative effects. Moderate and heavy drinkers expected as much pleasure from alcohol as they expected others to receive. (Author/LLL)

Intervention during which a 9-year-old emotionally disturbed student viewed a videotape of a structured mathematics class and recorded his own behavior in that class resulted in increased frequency of on task behavior. (CL)

Results show that someone can be behaviorally cast into a deviant role through the use of subtle communication techniques. (Author/DEP)

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This paper presents a humanistic interpretation of behaviorally oriented programs that attempt to help school personnel increase the effectiveness of the approach. Far from being dehumanizing and mechanical, behaviorally oriented approaches can provide the groundwork for developing in each pupil a sense of individual worth and personal…

Considers social and behavioral problems in effective use of technology to resolve urban information problems. (JY)

Proteins isolated from the brain and used as drugs can improve and apparently even transfer mental states and behavior. Much of the pioneering work and recent research with humans and animals is reviewed and crucial questions that are being posed about the psychologically active peptides are related. (BT)

Two questions facing the therapeutic community right now are: Can machines replace therapists? and Can therapy occur without a therapist? This paper attempts to respond to these questions through an examination of some major Western and Eastern theories in the field of psychological therapy. It reviews existing writings in the field to emphasize…

The authors, drawing on their own experiences, describe the changes in attitudes and behaviors necessary for this new partnership. They also present a model for nurse-physician interaction. (Author)

Screening, maintenance of the chronically ill, and improving traditional nursing care were the three key concepts in developing this nurse practitioner's role. (Author)

This article focuses on the use of "extinction" as a classroom behavior modification technique: whether or not the counselor should suggest its use in a given situation and how to insure its maximal effectiveness once it is chosen as an appropriate procedure. (Author)

Behavior modification, if used properly, is a powerful and useful tool. As with many tools, improper use can cause temporary or permanent damage. The educational program might include behavior modification as one tool in a battery of many tools used to promote healthy change in behavior. (CS)