1. Introduction to Behavior Modification
Chapter 1
Introduction to Behavior Modification

2. Initial questions What is behavior?
Distinguish between behavior and products of behavior.
Distinguish between overt and covert behaviors.

3. Initial questions (cont.)
What are disadvantages of summary labels?
What are behavioral deficits and excesses?
Why do behavioral psychologists describe behavioral problems in terms of specific behavioral deficits or excesses?

4. Initial questions (cont.)
What other terms are closely related to behavior modification?
What do behavior modifiers mean bny the terms environment and stimuli?
What is behavior modification?

5. Initial questions (cont.)
What are some defining characteristics of behavior modification?
What are some myths and misconceptions about behavior modification?

6. Initial questions (cont.)
What is behavioral assessment?
What is a target behavior?

7. Class Exercise
Think of behavioral deficits in someone else. Indicate whether it is a(n)
Specific behavior or general summary label
Observable behavior or covert behavior
Behavior or product of a behavior

8. Chapter 2
Areas of Application: An Overview

9. Areas of Application Parenting and Child Management Education
Severe Problems: DD, Autism and Schizophrenia
Clinical Behavior Therapy
Self-Management of personal problems
Medical and Health Care

10. Areas of Application (cont.)
Gerontology
Behavioral Community Psychology
Business, Industry and Government
Sport Psychology
Cultural Diversity

11. Chapter 29
A Brief History of Behavior Modification

12. Respondent (Classical) Conditioning
Ivan Pavlov
Clark Hull: 1940s meshed operant and respondent conditioning
Wolpe 1950s: reciprocal inhibition of incompatible responses such as relaxation for systematic desensitization
Hans Eysenck 1950s: British behavioral advocate

13. Operant Conditioning Applied Behavior Analysis John Watson
Skinner’s Influence

14. Current Conceptual Models
Operant
Respondent
Social Learning Theory (Bandura)
Cognitive Behavior Modification (Ellis, Beck)

15. Behavioral Terms
Behavior Therapy (more respondent model, dysfunctional behavior in clinical settings)
Applied Behavior Analysis (more operant model in non-clinical settings with functional assessment)
Behavior Modification (broader, applies to all models)