Discusses the proposition that: "The educational problem involved in behavior modification, in the evaluationand measurement of learning, is the integration and coordination of three types of information affecting the achievement of specific behavioral goals: (1) information about the child, (2) information about the task, and (3) information…

When contingency management procedures were applied to the secondary behavioral deviancies of 2 stutterers, both the secondary problems and the stuttering were reduced. (MH)

One method of improving the learning level of overly active children is described. (CK)

Difficulities in conceptualizing a total therapy process for stutterers within the framework of behavior therapy are examined. (Author/KW)

The authors describe some of the events preceding and supporting the beginning development of contingency management" and explain some of the applications of contingency management. (Authors/AA)

Greater Attitude change will occur when counterattitudinal messages are presented to uncommitted, rather than committed audience members. Persons who perform a counterattitudinal act with potential aversive consequences for the audience show greater attitude change than those for whom the possibility of harmful consequences is low. (Author)

The educator needs to understand the nature of human cognition and consequently to decide the objectives, behaviorally defined, of each education encounter so as to stimulate students toward new learning. The responsibility of education is to prepare learners for the adoption of a repertory of behaviors that will increase their probabilities of…

The article attempts to introduce to a teacher or counselor a way of setting up a behavior modification plan. The example can be adopted to fit various situations. The teacher or counselor can select the needed behavioral change, determine successive approximations, and use an appropriate immediate reward system. (Author)