Adherence to a variety of conceptual frameworks in psychological treatment has resulted in technical and theoretical eclecticism. Therapy techniques have become reduced to a set of tactics in which the therapist juggles conceptual frameworks in an attempt to maximize constructive behavior change. The practitioner must conceptualize his therapeutic…

The study investigated the changes in sexual attitudes and behavior that might be effected by a course in human sexuality. Males were more permissive in attitudes and had experience with a greater number of partners. The course changed attitudes in both sexes, but it changed behavior only in males. (Author)

Three monitoring techniques and three valences (social desirability) of self-selected, verbal target behaviors were investigated in heterosexual dyads of college students. Self-monitoring had the same reactive effects in dyadic as in single-person situations. The direction of the behavior change was influenced by the valence of the target…

This study attempted to examine the effects of short-term psychiatric hospitalization for black and white patients by comparing them when they entered a short-term public hospital, when they were released from the hospital, and in the community 18 months following hospital release. Few differences were found at discharge or at follow-up. (Author)

Nonassertive female university student volunteers (N=45) were assigned randomly to one of three individual counseling programs: placebo counseling, standard assertion training, or assertion training incorporating anger induction procedures. The standard method proved superior on a self-report measure but on one of four behavioral ratings the anger…

Data were collected on rate per minute of administering token reinforcement for one male and six female teachers enrolled in a behavior modification course. Comparison of reinforcement rates for observer-present versus absent indicated significantly higher rates of token delivery in the observer-present condition. Implications of this fact are…

This article traces one client's progress from chronic unemployability to vocational stability through the use of rational emotive therapy (RET). The authors explain the causality among activating events, belief systems, and emotional consequences. The client is helped toward a view of self-responsibility in determining his own consequences.…

This article discusses the identification of hyperactive children. It is suggested that if school personnel use their expertise to identify hyperactive children in the classroom and begin behavioral intervention programs at the earliest possible time, medical referral and treatment will be unnecessary for many children. (Author/EJT)

This article describes a workshop designed to dispel the myth of learned helplessness and facilitate people's reintegrating their previously denied power. The approaches used to help students deal with depression are described in detail. (EJT)

Provides an overview of the current methods of behavior modification, reviews some critical issues, such as fear of control, use of aversive control, and behavior modification in prisons, in an effort to aid in differentiating warranted from unwarranted concerns. Ethical standards and practices are discussed. (Author/AM)

Thirty college students and 30 moderately retarded persons averaging approximately equal age received eight alternating phases of acquisition and extinction trials with an electric pulse as the unconditioned stimulus for classical eyelid conditioning. (Author)

The use of the contract in social work practice is gaining momentum. In contrast to much of the literature, which has tended to be uncritical, this article takes into account gaps in knowledge, limitations, and potential dangers. (Author)

Has the effectiveness of evaluation in interventive work been overlooked? The Practice Outcome Inventory is a treatment technique that involves the client directly in the evaluation process--with benefit to both client and practitioner. (Author)

This article points out some areas of possible confrontation for the counselor which may be helpful in the counseling process, but which will also involve somewhat lesser degrees of risk for the counselor who is less certain of his or her skills in this area. (Author)