Behavior Therapy: Concepts, Procedures, and Applications - Softcover

Thorpe, Geoffrey L.; Olson, Sheryl L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0205193382 ISBN 13: 9780205193387

Publisher: Pearson, 1997

Synopsis

The authors' goal was to create an engaging, readable survey of theory and practice, broad enough to cover the field sufficiently but without going to encyclopedic extremes. As a result, the book includes major sections on theories, principles, and techniques as well as applications to specific problems and disorders. The theories chapters cover traditional behavior modification, classical conditioning, and operant learning, as well as contemporary social learning theory and cognitive-behavioral therapy. Included also are chapters on research methods in behavior therapy and on behavioral assessment. The applications chapters, Section 3, cover a wide range of problems and disorders in residential and community settings. In each of these chapters, the authors pay special attention to assessment and treatment of the disorders.

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About the Author

Sheryl Olson is Professor of Psychology and Research Professor in the Center for Human Growth and Development at the University of Michigan. She served as Director of Clinical Training between 2000 and 2005. She is Principal Investigator of the Michigan Longitudinal Study, a prospective longitudinal investigation of the development of self-regulation in young children at risk for school-age behavior problems. Dr Olson has received teaching and mentoring awards from the University of Michigan.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0205193382
• ISBN 13: 9780205193387
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 504