The author enumerates some criticisms of contingency management research that have been raised and reviews some studies of contingency management in order to clarify the strategy and tactics being followed and point out ways in which investigators have fallen short of their own criteria for sound research and valid conclusions." (Author/AA)

Demonstrates the suppressive effect of punishment on the strength and persistence of an aggressive response in children. An earlier version of this paper was presented at the meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Santa Monica, 1969. (MH)

Time-out from positive reinforcement was found to have a suppressive effect when the response alternative was reinforced with the same frequency as the punished response. When the response alternative was a response for which positive reinforcement had been withdrawn, time-out was significantly preferred. (MH)

Behavior therapy approaches to the treatment of male sexual impotence, specifically premature ejaculation and erective impotence, are discussed. Included in the behavioral therapies are systematic desensitization, active graded therapy, assertive techniques, sexual responses, operant approaches and others. Often marriage counseling is also…

Data provides evidence that the inconsistent reinforcement histories of lower socioeconomic children contribute to their typical ineffectual performance. (Author/WY)

In determining whether the technique of desensitization would reduce the initial anxiety experienced by the beginning counselor trainee, analyses of the data revealed significantly less self-reported anxiety in the experimental group. No differences were found in heart rate, skin resistance, and tape-evaluation measures. (Author/CG(

Limitations inherent in behavior modification and common misuses of the strategy are discussed. (RJ)

Since there is a shortage of consultants, teachers should be taught directly those principles which consultants use. Thus, the use of behavior change in a classroom of children is a prime criterion in evaluating the effectiveness of a training program aimed at the teacher. (Author/KJ)

A behavioral model relates observations of students' academic and social functioning to teaching strategies. In this system school psychologists acquire specific behavioral information about students' responses, types and schedules of reinforcement and sensory modes so they may select appropriate instructional strategies, including academic and…

Applied an integrative model of change to the study of subjects (N=872) changing their smoking habits on their own. The subjects represented five stages of change: (1) precontemplation; (2) contemplation; (3) action; (4) maintenance; and (5) relapse. Relapsers' responses were a combination of contemplation and action. (JAC)

Brief jogging sessions produced decreases in self-stimulatory behaviors and increases in appropriate play, responding, and classroom behavior in seven autistic children (4-14 years old). Changes were evident in a variety of settings. (Author/CL)