The purpose of the present study was to investigate the GSR during systematic desensitization. Three groups of females each were preselected for high snake fear. Outcome measures indicated that the desensitization group reduced phobic behavior most, followed by the relaxation group, and then the exposure groups. (Author)

This article describes the content and evaluation of a training center for drug abuse prevention. Through a series of four workshops teams of students, educators, and community leaders received intensive training in behavioral group counseling focused on alternatives to drug use. Evaluation along several criteria indicated that the goals of the…

Counselor trainees were assigned to two groups (a) the experimental group, training in nondefensive communication, and (b) the control group, no training period. Results showed that the experimental subjects demonstrated a significant reduction in defensive behavior. Significant differences were found for the pre- and postchange scores between the…

This paper reviews the respondent (Hull-Spence) and operant (Skinnerian) conditioning definitions of reinforcers and reinforcement and demonstrates the need to keep the systems separate when consulting about behavior modification. The two systems are shown to lead to different modification procedures. (Author)

Author deals with the question of whether or not we should specify behavioral objectives for students, and judge achievement and competence in terms of some specified scheme. He stresses the point that educators should know what they are doing in the educational system even if they don't know why. (Author/RK)

Disadvantaged job-ready clients who were trained for effective job interviews showed significant improvement over control subjects in areas of responsiveness, honesty, and self-confidence. (Author)

The effectiveness of using a parent volunteer as a mediator in a behavorial modification technique with 4 disruptive pupils was investigated. (NQ)

Encouragement in all facets of the counseling interview is a critical ingredient in the counseling process. This article sets forth the theory and specific applications of the encouragement process in counseling, as viewed in the socio-teleological model. (Author)

This study examined the relationship between incoming information and a person's attitude. The conclusions imply the existance of a cognition, affect, behavior conceptualization of attitude dynamics. (Author/JB)

Defends educational accountability against the charges of Robert Samples ( Media & Methods,'' Sep 1972). (RB)

Problems encountered by behavior modification consultants working in public schools are described in the form of a parable. (Author)

The data in this study reveals that persons are the means by which students feel their lives are touched. The person versus things distinction was evident throughout the data examined. (Author)

Purpose of this article is to offer an approach that can be understood and used by professionals and laymen in assisting children in their development. (Authors)

This study was designed to compare experimentally the therapeutic efficacy of group therapy stressing interpretive procedures intended to bring about client insight, with a form of group therapy experience encouraging client-to-client interaction without the intentional development of insight. (Author)