Presents a brief statement of essential conditions for psychotherapeutic change: (a) a helping relationship patterned after the parent-child relationship; (b) the creation of a power base from which the therapist influences the client through common psychological techniques; and (c) a client who has the capacity to profit from the experience.…

The foibles of the fad that is behavior therapy are examined. (Author)

A procedure was developed to establish control of three tarbet classroom behaviors by making point reinforcers backed up by hard goods contingent upon working behavior in both math and reading classes. Behavior frequencies experimentally established were maintained during the fading procedures in both math and reading classes. (Author)

Behavior modification has become a widely known practice in rehabilitation during the past decade. A medium of exchange or token is typically used to facilitate transactions and can be traded for backup reinforcers later on. This review of the use of token economies focuses on groups of individuals usually considered target rehabilitation…

Results of this field experiment supported the prediction that subjects in the expected-award condition would show less subsequent intrinsic interest in the target activity than subjects in either of the other two conditions (unexpected-award and no-award conditions). (Author/KM)

The findings of this study are interpreted as providing a preliminary indication that self-reward strategies are superior to self-punitive and self-recording strategies in the modification of at least some habit patterns. (Author)

The following questions were investigated: (1) Do student tutors with empathy training respond more empathically in a tutoring session? and (2) Do pupils perceive tutors who have received empathy training to be more empathic? (NQ)

Discusses the report of a task force of the American Psychiatric Association signaling change in the attitude of traditional psychiatry towards behavioral therapy. The report recognizes the effectiveness of behavior modifications and recommends that the teaching of behavior therapy be expanded. (JR)

The author presents a case study in which play therapy is used with an older child. (BY)

Presented is a rationale for producing intelligent behavior through operant conditioning rather than predicting it by means of standardized intelligence tests which are said to require circumstances explicitly precluding intervention. (GW)

Within an experimental paradigm that simulated systematic desensitization, the effects of manipulated cognitive expectancy on avoidance behavior were evaluated. The results indicated that both overt avoidance behavior and two verbal indexes were differentially affected by expectancy and that no relationship between avoidance behavior and autonomic…

The concept of self-control is analyzed in terms of a two-stage process: general cognitive set and specific self-controlling responses. Primary attention is given to incorporation of the cognitive set into a fuller understanding of behavior modification. (Author)

By enhancing the teachers' competencies in managing student behavior, the consultant sought to reduce the number of children needing counseling. Such consultation is both preventative and problem-oriented. (JC)